An NGO Mohan Foundation has signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which aims at increasing organ donation rates in India and the United Kingdom, with NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT).
An NGO Mohan Foundation has signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which aims at increasing organ donation rates in India and the United Kingdom, with NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT).
For many U.K.-based Indians, Pakistanis and Bangladeshis in need of an organ transplantation, the wait can be gruelling. With very few Asians coming forward to donate organs because of a lack of awareness, the National Health Service Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is now trying to encourage more people to come forward to donate organs.
The Multi Organ Harvesting Aid Network (MOHAN) Foundation on Friday signed an MoU with National Health Service Blood and Transplant of UK to improve the organ donation rate in both the countries. A very few people from the Asian community donate organs largely due to lack of awareness and religious and cultural beliefs.
Multi Organ Harvesting Aid Network (MOHAN) Foundation, an NGO that has been working in the field of deceased organ donation for the past 18 years signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT), UK in Chennai on Friday.
Haryana is fast emerging as a significant transplant state with many leading hospitals undertaking transplants. With this in mind, a first-of-its-kind meeting, 'Deceased Organ Donation Stakeholders Meeting of Haryana', was organized by Mohan Foundation on Friday in the city. Medanta, Artemis, Fortis, Paras and Alchemist are among the hospitals where transplants are done.
Heart, kidneys, liver, lungs, pancreas, tissues including the cornea, skin, heart valves, bones, tendons. It takes all of five minutes to save a life (or many), by registering as an organ donor on the internet. The process is straightforward: there's a basic form to be filled with your name, age, blood type, contact details and which organs you'd like to donate when you die.
With the launch of a new website for organ donation, patients who require organs for transplantation can now register themselves online and avail timely treatment, said health minister Rajendra Rathore on Saturday. The minister launched a website for the cause by clicking the online site of the ‘Rajasthan Network for Organ Sharing’ http://www.rnos.org at a stakeholders’ meeting at the SMS Medical College auditorium in Jaipur.
S.Radhakrishnan, a 61 year old resident of NIT layout, was admitted at Organge City Hospital with stroke. Investigations revealed Thrombosis in brain arteries with a major territory infarct.
She had always wished to donate her organs after death. Never was she aware that death will catch her unexpectedly at a young age.
