SC order may boost cadaver transplants
For almost five days now, a brain dead patient has been kept on ventilator in a city hospital. His family, which agreed to donate his vital organs, is hoping his eyes will continue to blink and his heart, liver and kidneys will give a fresh lease of life to someone else.
Sorrow at the loss of their child did not deter the parents of Sowdesh from making a decision that would make a difference to the lives of complete strangers.
As part of its effort to take the organ donation movement to different cities, the Multi Organ Harvesting Aid Network (MOHAN) Foundation has launched its activities in Coimbatore.
Dr Sunil Shroff, professor and head of the department, Urology and Renal Transplantation at the Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, recently won the TiECON Chennai's Social Entrepreneur of the Year award.
Seven individuals got a fresh lease of life on Thursday when attendants of S Govindaraj, a 27-year-old engineer and native of Chennai living in the city, donated his organs after he was declared brain dead. Even as this is the first organ donation case this year, this Jubilee Hills resident's donation linked three southern states together as the recipients hailed not just from Andhra Pradesh but Kerala as well.
The family members of a young engineer declared brain dead due to a serious coronary artery disease have donated his organs to give a fresh lease of life to eight needy patients.
Mr. K.Raghuram, Convenor, MOHAN Foundation, Andhra Pradesh was honored in this function by the directors of Maa TV.
An American woman is able to speak again after she had a rare operation to replace her voice box, her doctors have said.
Doctors were caught in a tight spot when the parents of an ill-fated infant born in the city two days ago expressed the desire to donate their anencephalic newborn’s vital organs. While their offer had to be turned down, the incident has stirred up an ethical debate of whether or not these babies
