The state-run Osmania General Hospital (OGH) in Hyderabad claimed that it has carried out a complex transplantation surgery involving pancreas and kidney on a young diabetic patient with kidney failure.
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The heart of a brain dead teenager was harvested and transplanted to a 15-year-old boy after it was transported from Surat to a hospital in Mumbai, covering over 300 km within two hours.
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Fortis Organ Retrieval and Transplant (FORT) hosted India’s first national summit on best practices in organ and tissue donation, which saw participants from private and government agencies from all the states gather at the Fortis Memorial Research Institute (FMRI).
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