Organ Donation

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SC comes to rescue of US boy, allows distant Indian cousin to donate liver

The top court accorded primacy to saving the life of the child who was admitted to a private hospital in Gurugram for treatment of DBC

15 Nov 2023 2:10 AM

Last year, out of about 2.8 million deaths, there were 10,721 deceased donors. Their organs led to 29,680 transplants. (Photo: AP)

Place of death determines chances of organ donation

Where you die can affect your chance of being an organ donor.

16 Oct 2019 11:25 AM

However, the Pune divisional commissioner has not organised a video conferencing owing to the relief and rehabilitation work in flood-hit Kolhapur, Sangli and Satara. (Photo: PTI)

Maharashtra to hold organ donation drive

Government offices, schools, degree colleges and institutions told to attend programme.

22 Aug 2019 5:35 AM

Davis carried Rylei to term, delivering her baby girl on Christmas Eve at 40 weeks and two days. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

An inspiration for organ donation everywhere

The touching tale of a mother, who saved other mothers the pain she had to inevitably undergo, by choosing to donate her infant's organs.

09 Feb 2019 8:48 PM

Within six years of the woman's organs being transplanted, four of the five recipients had died as a result. (Photo: Pixabay)

Three people die of breast cancer having caught it from same organ donor

Donor died of a stroke in 2007 and donated her kidneys, lungs, liver and heart to patients needing transplants.

13 Sep 2018 2:58 PM

L to R Dr. KM Mandana (Transplant surgeon), Dilchand Singh, Rupayan Roy ( Bengal's first heart recipient from Fortis Malar)

First heart transplant patient from Eastern India to be discharged soon

Despite success of first heart transplant, doctors say

11 Jun 2018 2:39 PM

Representational Image. (Photo: Pixabay)

13-year-old brain tumour patient donates organs before she died

Her grand gesture will help transform 15 lives.

31 May 2018 3:37 PM

Brain aneurysms are rare in children and a ruptured aneurysm can be life-threatening. (Photo: Pixabay)

Organs from eight-year-old save four lives

Child was admitted to Lilavati Hospital on February 27 after she suffered stroke and on evaluation it was found that she had brain aneurysm

07 Mar 2018 12:50 PM

The hospital has carried out 88 transplants so far this financial year and expects to do 95. It performed the UK’s first successful heart transplant in 1979.

Medics carry out record-breaking five transplants in 36 hours

Transplantation deirector had to draft in extra doctors, nurses for support on their days off as more organs became unexpectedly available.

02 Mar 2018 6:02 PM

Participants of the Avayavdaan March on their Nashik-Nagpur march

Every life matters

The former businessman, putting his heart into the cause, quit his occupation and dedicated his life to it.

17 Feb 2018 1:43 AM

Little Ava-Joy had bilateral renal agenesis, a condition in which the kidneys do not form and her parents were told at the five month scan that she would be stillborn. (Representational Image/ Pixabay)

Mum carries dead baby full term to donate organs, told she's too small to save lives

Hayley Martin found out at her five month scan that baby would be stillborn but decided to carry on with pregnancy to help save lives.

23 Jan 2018 5:21 PM

Mobile app to assist in organ donation

Notto will launch the app in next 10 days.

12 Sep 2017 1:14 AM

Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act, 1994 amendment likely.

Organ donation to get easier

Mulling over considering non-immediate kin as near relatives.

29 Aug 2017 1:28 AM

Organ Donation Day: Facts to know when looking for organ transplantation

The ratio gap between organ donors and the patients in need of the organ is huge.

13 Aug 2017 10:59 AM

They became friends over months of visiting the same hospital (Photo: AFP)

Hindu and Muslim wives join hands to save each other's husbands

The two women were disqualified for donating kidneys to their own husbands as their blood group didn't match.

01 Aug 2017 1:11 PM

According to the hospital-wise data decided by NOTTO, the heart was allocated to Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, one kidney to Fortis Hospital Vasant Kunj, one kidney to BLK Hospital and the liver was given to Gangaram Hospital. (Photo: Pixabay)

Young man saves four lives in death

Organ’s donated by youth’s family after his demise saves four lives in Delhi.

28 Jul 2017 9:07 AM

A 38-year-old brain dead man's organs have saved four lives. (Photo: Pixabay)

Mumbai: Brain dead man's organs save four lives

The donor's family has played an instrumental role and helped the lives of other people.

20 Jul 2017 2:08 PM

The legislator, Rajesh Patnekar, and others took the pledge at a function in his Bicholim constituency on Sunday. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

BJP MLA from Goa pledges to donate his organs in IMA campaign

IMA's senior member Shekhar Salkar said, with the MLA coming forward for organ donation, other people followed his footsteps as well.

12 Jun 2017 2:29 PM

A heart, once taken out of the body for donation, has to be implanted into the recipient within four hours of its retrieval. (Representational Image)

Beating heart flown from Delhi to Chennai

One of the longest hauls for organ donation in India.

01 Apr 2017 2:10 AM

Demand for two lakh kidney transplants annually, only 8,000 are being done.

Organ donation still a taboo for people

Superstitions prevent many people from donating organs, claim health officials.

19 Mar 2017 2:10 AM

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