How this new tech can offer hope for patients waiting for transplantsFaced with a shortage of organ donations, a new technique called abdominal normothermic regional perfusion (A-NRP) has been developed. This...
21 Aug, 2024, 04.34 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
'My son will live in them': Mother of 8-year-old Odisha boy whose organs were donated after deathAfter the cremation of her eight-year-old son, a mother in Bhubaneshwar found solace in the belief that he would live on through others by ...
06 Mar, 2024, 11.27 AM IST
Odia actor Pintu Nanda passes away at 45, industry colleagues Sidhant Mohapatra, Sritam Das pay tributeNanda was suffering from acute liver failure and was in search of a donor.
02 Mar, 2023, 03.43 PM IST
Over 100 liver transplantations done in 10 years: ILBSSeveral pediatric liver transplants that took place at the ILBS were because of the help of the "government or crowd funding", according to...
09 Mar, 2021, 10.21 PM IST
Avoid high-calorie food, drink wisely and exercise right for a healthy liverLiver diseases are typically linked to alcohol abuse. But obesity too can lead to non-fatty liver disease.
24 Jan, 2017, 08.30 AM IST
More younger patients are coming with liver disease: Dr Neerav Goyal, Apollo HospitalFatty liver disease progression and alcohol induced liver damage can be improved with lifestyle modifications and abstinence respectively.
28 Sep, 2016, 09.51 PM IST
Karnataka doctors sneak into Tamil Nadu on foot at night to save lifeThe mission was remarkable given that the 55-year-old donor's family from Tamil Nadu agreed to grant a new lease of life to a recipient fro...
16 Sep, 2016, 04.18 PM IST
Maharashtra may make private hospitals provide lifetime medical assistance to kin of donorsState Ministers Deepak Sawant and Girish Mahajan were addressing reporters here today after inaugurating the website 'dmer.org/new/organ.ht...
18 Aug, 2016, 09.05 PM IST
How transplant pricing fails the patientRecipients are mostly forced to go to corporate hospitals as there aren't enough transplant centres in public sector hospitals.
10 Aug, 2016, 10.31 AM IST
Cadaver donation increasing in Kerala as people shed inhibitionsThe number of donors has crossed the 36 mark since January this year and it is expected to go upto around 70 in the coming months.
09 Aug, 2015, 02.22 PM IST
Who can donate organs in India, when and howFor organ recipients, a transplant often means a second chance at life. Vital organs such as the heart, pancreas, liver, kidneys and lungs ...
02 Aug, 2015, 10.35 AM IST
- Rare Army-civil coordination for successful liver transplant
In one of the rare cases of coordination between the Army and civil hospitals for an organ transplant, the Command Hospital at Chandimandir...
15 Jul, 2015, 08.33 PM IST
Apple CEO Tim Cook once offered Steve Jobs part of his own liver to save his lifeAbout 6,000 living-donor transplants are performed every year in the United States, and the rate of success for both donor and recipient is...
13 Mar, 2015, 01.43 PM IST
18-year-old liver donor becomes Rajasthan's organ ambassadorThe young girl was chosen as the state's brand ambassador of organ transplant by Rajasthan health minister Rajendra Rathore.
18 Nov, 2014, 03.31 PM IST
Give your heart away: India learnt to donate blood, it must do the same with liver, kidneys, lungs and heartThe new Transplantation of Human Organs Act aimed to stop organ trading and to make transplantation affordable for the poor and middle clas...
09 Aug, 2014, 12.55 PM IST
- Doctors looking for liver donor for Vilasrao Deshmukh
Doctors treating Union Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh for a serious liver ailment are looking for a liver donor to carry out a transplant on hi...
14 Aug, 2012, 01.31 PM IST