Indian Transplant Newsletter. Vol.24 Issue No.4, October 2025 - December 2025
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Financial Neutrality is Necessary-but is it Enough?

Pallavi Kumar
Indian Transplant Newsletter. 2025 Oct-Dec; 24(4): p1
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64384/ITN.2025.056
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The father stood at the foot of the bed. His 16-year-old son, declared brain-dead after a sudden accident, lay in a government hospital in Chennai—thousands of kilometres from their home in Bihar. When organ donation was explained, the father ...

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Universal Kidneys - A Major Breakthrough in Transplant Science

Poonam Sharma, Sujatha Suriyamoorthi
Indian Transplant Newsletter. 2025 Oct-Dec; 24(4): p2.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64384/ITN.2025.057
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Scientists have taken a step toward easing one of organ transplantation's most persistent challenges: blood group compatibility. In a study published in Nature Biomedical Engineering, researchers reported converting a blood-type-A kidney into a ...

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Michael Podolsky: The First ALS Patient Under End-of-Life Care Donates Organs

Poonam Sharma, Sujatha Suriyamoorthi
Indian Transplant Newsletter. 2025 Oct-Dec; 24(4): p2
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64384/ITN.2025.058
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Michael Podolsky, a 44-year-old Israeli man living with advanced amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), died on September 25 at Sheba Medical Center after a Tel Aviv District Court approved his request to reduce life-sustaining treatment. His death ...

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A Rare Transmission of Rabies Through Kidney Transplant

Poonam Sharma, Sujatha Suriyamoorthi
Indian Transplant Newsletter. 2025 Oct-Dec; 24(4): p2
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64384/ITN.2025.059
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A Michigan man died of rabies after receiving a kidney transplant from a donor who was later found to have died from the same infection—an episode health officials have described as “exceptionally rare.” According to the US ...

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Asymptomatic Donors and Recipients in Organ Transplants Except Lungs, Exempted from Covid-19 Testing

Poonam Sharma, Sujatha Suriyamoorthi
Indian Transplant Newsletter. 2025 Oct-Dec; 24(4): p3
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64384/ITN.2025.060
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In a major decision, the Union Health Ministry has relaxed the testing norms for Covid-19 for organ transplants, dropping mandatory tests for asymptomatic donors and recipients, except in lung transplants. The revised guidelines issued by the ...

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Gujarat's Successful Swap Transplant Model: A Roadmap for India

Poonam Sharma, Sujatha Suriyamoorthi
Indian Transplant Newsletter. 2025 Oct-Dec; 24(4): p3
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64384/ITN.2025.061
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At a moment when the need for kidney transplants is much larger than the availability of organs from deceased donors, Gujarat has quietly developed a model that not only gives hope but also a roadmap for the whole of India. The wait from ...

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Telangana Emerges as India's Kidney Disease Hotspots, 1 in 14 Adults Affected

Poonam Sharma, Sujatha Suriyamoorthi
Indian Transplant Newsletter. 2025 Oct-Dec; 24(4): p3
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64384/ITN.2025.062
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Telangana is gradually turning into a major hotspot of kidney diseases, as a new survey indicates that nearly 7.4% of the population—about 1 out of every 14 individuals—suffers from decreased kidney function. The number is over double ...

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30-ABC and the first DCD-NRP in India

Dr (Colonel) Avnish Seth
Indian Transplant Newsletter. 2025 Oct-Dec; 24(4): p4-5
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64384/ITN.2025.063
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'Please fasten your seat belts' announced the crew. It was October the 12th 2025.  Air India flight IX-1191 from Jaipur to Delhi was ready for take-off. Seated in 30-A, I glanced to my right. Two of the most experienced liver and kidney ...

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Placing Ethics, Equity, and Asia at the Centre: MOHAN Foundation at ISODP 2025, Kyoto

Pallavi Kumar
Indian Transplant Newsletter. 2025 Oct-Dec; 24(4): p6
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64384/ITN.2025.064
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The 17th Congress of the International Society for Organ Donation Professionals (ISODP 2025), held from December 3–6, 2025, in Kyoto, Japan, brought together over 500 organ donation professionals from across the world to reflect on shared ...

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“Reconnect · Recharge · Reignite”- Transplant Coordinators' Conference held at Jaipur

Poonam Sharma, Sujatha Suriyamoorthi
Indian Transplant Newsletter. 2025 Oct-Dec; 24(4): p7
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64384/ITN.2025.065
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The Network and Alliance of Transplant Coordinators (NATCO) successfully hosted its 18th Annual Conference for Transplant Coordinators on October 10-11, 2025 at IIHMR University, Jaipur, centered on the theme “Reconnect · Recharge ...

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From Manipur to Tripura: MOHAN Foundation Partnering to Expand Deceased Organ Donation Across the Northeast

Pallavi Kumar, Vincent Debbarma
Indian Transplant Newsletter. 2025 Oct-Dec; 24(4): p8-9
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64384/ITN.2025.066
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MOHAN Foundation's Journey with Tripura Witnessing the success of the public–private–NGO partnership model in Manipur, the Government of Tripura extended an invitation to the MOHAN Foundation to support the state in initiating a ...

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First Person: Why India Needs a Policy to Ensure that Organ Donors are Protected – and Respected

Jaya Jairam
Indian Transplant Newsletter. 2025 Oct-Dec; 24(4): p10-11
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64384/ITN.2025.067
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Without donors, there is no transplant programme. We owe them more than gratitude. We owe them recognition and justice. “You need to prepare for dialysis” The words exploded in the room. The silence that followed was deafening ...

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Two Lives, One Gift: The Lifelong Bond Between Donor and Recipient

Viney Kirpal
Indian Transplant Newsletter. 2025 Oct-Dec; 24(4): p11
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64384/ITN.2025.068
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Viney Kirpal, Ph.D., is a former Professor of English at IIT Bombay (1974-97), a heart transplant recipient, and an advocate of donor and recipient rights. She has been CEO, Global Institute of Integrated Training (1998-2012), President, GREAT ...

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Organ Donation and Transplant Toll-Free Helpline - 1800 103 7100

Hemal Kanvinde, Ganesh Chandrasekar, Kavitha Aneesh
Indian Transplant Newsletter. 2025 Oct-Dec; 24(4): p12
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64384/ITN.2025.069
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MOHAN Foundation’s helpline, operational since 2012, provides information, guidance, and referral support on all aspects of organ donation and transplantation. It serves the general public, healthcare professionals, and donor families, ...

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