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The boys operation took place at Indraprastha hospital in delhi. (Representational Image/ Pixabay)

Boy from Bangladesh with acute liver failure, gets new life in Delhi...

His condition deteriorated to such an extent that he developed coagulopathy and went into coma.

8 Nov 2017 3:07 AM GMT

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

Baby undergoes liver transplant

For paediatric liver transplant, they take the entire left lobe of the donor or its portion.

24 Oct 2018 7:53 PM GMT

Representational Image. (Photo: Pixabay)

Liver transplant survival rate improving among older adults, finds...

Here is what a new study has found.

23 Oct 2018 10:30 AM GMT

Delicate foreskin is vulnerable to HIV as it can tear easily and it is also a common route for the virus to enter someones body (Photo: AFP)

HIV-positive mother donates liver to save critically ill child in...

Medication provided to child before transplant may have prevented HIV transmission, though that will only become clear...

4 Oct 2018 1:49 PM GMT

Child had condition called reflux nephropathy in which urine tends to go back to kidneys (Photo: Pixabay)

Mother donates two organs to save son's life

Devoted mum risks own life to undergo double organ donation for four-year-old son.

20 Jan 2018 10:06 AM GMT

Fatty liver is due to excess fat within the liver, which, if not controlled, can lead to inflammation, scarring at a later stage, liver cirrhosis.

J&K girl with rare liver condition gets new lease of life

Family manages part of surgery charges via social media, hospital waives off rest.

23 July 2018 11:05 PM GMT

Increasing liver storage time is a breakthrough in the medical world. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Human livers can now be stored for 27 hours

Scientists make use of a chemical cocktail that helps livers last longer.

10 Sep 2019 3:18 PM GMT

Home blood pressure monitoring in pregnancy reduces hospital blood pressure visits by 50 percent without increasing complications. (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...

7 March 2018 7:20 AM GMT

The first successful uterine transplant was carried out in Sweden in 2013 (Photo: AFP)

In a first, part of liver removed with a different form of surgery in...

Conducted at a Delhi hospital, this is possibly the first case in which minimal invasive technical procedure was used...

16 May 2018 7:59 AM GMT

Nina finally got the kidney from her mother after a U.S. Senator intervened to grant the permission for her mother to fly from the Republic of Georgia to the USA. (Photo: Pixabay)

Woman uses Craigslist to get kidney, instead receives it from mother

Nina Saria did get a kidney in 2015 but doctors said it couldn't be used due to complications

19 Jan 2017 3:04 AM GMT

His legacy in transplantation is hard to put into words - its really immense (Photo: AP)

Liver transplant pioneer Dr Thomas Starzl dies at 90

Since Starzl's first successful liver transplant, thousands of lives have been saved by similar operations.

6 March 2017 4:10 AM GMT

Ashvi Sinha and Dr Vinay Kumaran.

17-month-old Mumbai girl gets new lease of life

Becomes the youngest liver transplant recipient in Mumbai.

18 April 2017 8:38 PM GMT