India starts registration of hand transplantation patientsIndia has established its first registry for hand transplantation patients, aiming to ensure transparent and priority-based allocation of d...
08 Sep, 2024, 03.47 PM IST
Centre has adopted 'One Nation, One Policy' for organ, tissue transplant: Health officialThe Indian government is implementing a 'One Nation, One Policy' approach for organ donation and transplantation. This includes enhancing i...
30 Aug, 2024, 05.43 PM IST
Southern states witness majority heart transplants owing to more donationsSouthern states in India lead in heart transplantation as per Notto data. Tamil Nadu topped the list at 70 transplants, followed by Karnata...
13 Aug, 2024, 12.24 PM IST
New data reveals why patients from the US and UK are flocking to India for organ transplantsIn 2023, India conducted 1,851 organ transplants for foreign nationals, accounting for nearly 10% of all transplants. The majority of these...
04 Aug, 2024, 11.09 AM IST
Health ministry asks states, UTs to act strictly against hospitals involved in illegal transplantThe Union health ministry urges states to investigate and take action against illegal organ transplants, emphasizing monitoring of foreign ...
21 Apr, 2024, 05.56 PM IST
Digital database of organ donors on cards for smooth transplantsThe register will serve as a single platform with Aadhaar authenticated data for all donors and patients waiting for organ transplant to en...
04 Apr, 2024, 12.07 AM IST
Structural reforms in offing in organ donation, transplant sector: Health Minister Mansukh MandaviyaAccording to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the number of total organ transplants in the country has substantially increased fr...
03 May, 2023, 07.02 PM IST
16-month-old boy, who suffered fatal injury after fall, becomes youngest organ donor at AIIMS-DelhiThe boy, Rishant, suffered a fall and was seriously injured on August 17. He fought for eight days after suffering severe head injury but w...
25 Aug, 2022, 06.47 PM IST
There will be huge change in healthcare sector if more people donate organs: Ashiwini Kumar ChoubeyIndia had recently set a world record of over 20,000 online pledges for organ donation in a single day surpassing the US.
27 Nov, 2018, 04.03 PM IST
J P Nadda pledges his organs, his ministry to come out with organ donation rulesHe along with officers, staffers, doctors, nurses and other paramedical staff members of all central government hospitals of the national c...
27 Nov, 2016, 04.17 PM IST
Inter-ministerial committee set up to promote organ donationsThe government has also set up an apex national level organisation namely NOTTO in New Delhi to promote retrieval of organs and tissues, he...
22 Jul, 2016, 07.41 PM IST
How cadaver organ donation could turn government hospitals into donor bases that cater to the affluentA govt effort aimed at widening the scale of deceased organ donations inadvertently becomes a stark metaphor of inequality as it could turn...
05 Jun, 2016, 06.33 AM IST
India's organ deficiency: How struggle for second chance at life gets extremely difficultWhile statistics show donations are not nearly enough to meet the requirements, the issue is not just about getting more people to donate o...
14 May, 2016, 04.28 AM IST
Government issues draft guidelines for kidney donationThe government today issued draft guidelines for allocating criteria for kidney donation from deceased source, a move aimed at easing rules...
01 Jan, 2016, 08.03 PM IST
Organ donation queries up post PM Narendra Modi's 'Mann ki Baat': J P NaddaThe importance of organ donation has been highlighted by the Prime Minister in his 'Mann Ki Baat' radio programme in October and November.
15 Dec, 2015, 05.59 PM IST
Need movement to encourage organ donations in India: Harsh VardhanPresently, the Organ Retrieval Banking Organisation (ORBO) at AIIMS serves as the nodal centre for organ donation in the country.
10 May, 2015, 06.19 PM IST
India to learn best practices about organ donation from SpainThe Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is expected to be signed when Spain's Health Minister Ana Mato Adrove undertakes a visit here two mon...
31 Oct, 2014, 07.28 PM IST