Dubai, An Indian-origin doctor performed a ground-breaking medical procedure on a four-year-old Indian girl, the first pediatric liver transplant in the UAE.This was also the first living donor pediatric liver transplant in the country. The historic surgery was performed by a team of doctors...
New Delhi, The Union Health Ministry has written to the ministries of external affairs and home affairs underlining the need to sensitize foreigners visiting India for organ transplants about the guidelines and legal requirements governing the process in the country. .In the letter, Union...
Winston-Salem (USA), As a leading cause of death in the USA, kidney disease is a serious public health problem. The disease is particularly severe among black Americans, who are three times more likely than white Americans to develop kidney failure.While blacks make up only 12 percent of the...
Indore, The Indore bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court on Thursday directed the state government to take a decision soon on a teenager's plea to donate a part of her liver to her ailing father.The court asked the government to submit a report on the matter within three days.Justice Vinay...
World Blood Donor Day is celebrated every year on 14 June to honor and thank those who donate their blood voluntarily and without payment to give the gift of life to others.According to Rahul Bhargava, Principal Director and Head BMT, Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Gurugram, investing in...
New Delhi, June 13 () The Union Health Ministry has suggested making the facility of blood group testing available in all primary and community health centres, district hospitals and other blood banks on June 14, World Blood Donor Day, so that citizens can get information about their blood. Can...
Media reports on Thursday claimed that the Center is in talks with NGOs and transplant surgeons about the possibilities of opening up organ exchange between unrelated individuals.Current laws allow living donation mainly from close relatives such as parents, siblings, children, spouses...
World Blood Cancer Day is observed every year on May 28 to raise awareness about the deadly cancer and other blood disorders like thalassemia and aplastic anemia, which affects more than one lakh people in the country.Although conventional methods such as chemotherapy and radiation therapy are...
The objective of this decision is to streamline the notification process and ensure timely communication.Justice Prathiba M Singh stressed the importance of evidence and communication in such sensitive cases."Whenever there is a need to give communication to the donor or recipient about...
Bengaluru, Dr Sunil Bhat said the chances of a man from Russia matching heredity with a man from India for a bone marrow transplant are almost negligible.Narayan Group of Hospitals.And yet Chirag, a 17-year-old thalassemia patient, found his savior in Roman Simnizky, a 29-year-old Russian...
Lancaster (UK), Personality changes after heart transplantation have been observed ever since transplantation has started. In one case, a man who hated classical music developed a passion for the genre after finding the heart of a musician. The recipient later died while holding the violin case...
The heartwarming story of a 19-year-old Pakistani girl getting a new lease of life after a successful heart transplant in Karachi/Chennai, India, highlights that borders can be eased for humanitarian purposes and can help hearing patients in the neighboring country. There are also challenges to...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], The medical team at Burjeel Medical City (BMC) in Abu Dhabi, the flagship facility of Burjeel Holdings, performed a successful live transplant surgery on a 66-year-old patient, thanks to a 23-year-old deceased. After battling liver cirrhosis and cancer for two years after the...
New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry has asked all states and Union Territories to investigate any violations and take appropriate action, including suspension of registration, against hospitals carrying out illegal organ transplants, the official said on Sunday.In a letter to all states and...
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Ayushmann Khurrana started his journey in the film industry in 2012 with 'Vicky Donor', a film that broke social taboos about sperm donation and infertility. The film not only earned critical acclaim, but also earned him his first Filmfare Award for Best Debut Male...
On receiving information about issuing fake NOC by taking bribe for organ transplant, Additional Chief Secretary of Medical and Health Department, Shubhra Singh took suo motu cognizance of the matter.Singh held a high level meeting and gave instructions for prompt investigation into the...
Dubai [UAE], International aid from official donors increased to a high of US$223.7 billion in 2023, from US$211 billion in 2022, as countries increased aid flows to Ukraine and provided more humanitarian assistance to developing countries . The 1.8% increase in real terms was the latest in a...