A ‘cadaveric skin transplantation’ has been successfully performed at the Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research here, claimed to be the first to be performed in a government hospital.
Read MoreGetting To The Heart Of The Problem: Why India Needs More Organ Donors
Lack of infrastructure, logistical constraints, and myths and stigma attached to organ donation are the major hurdles keeping the rate of heart transplant in India at an “abysmal low” vis-a-vis in the west, according to health experts.
Read MoreMohanlal To Be Ambassador Of Kerala Organ Transplant Programme
Malayalam superstar Mohanlal will become the goodwill ambassador of ‘Mritasanjeevani,’ Kerala government’s sought after deceased donor organ transplant programme.
Read MoreMother Uncovers The Lasting Impact Of Donating Her Son’s Body
One of Sarah Gray’s son’s died six days after birth because he was missing part of his brain. Latching onto hope for something positive to come from heartache, Gray donated some of his tissues for scientific research — his eyes, his liver, his umbilical cord blood.
Read MoreMan From Pakistan Gets New Lease Of Life In Delhi
A 61-year-old Pakistani man suffering from an ailing heart and deteriorating kidneys has received a new lease of life thanks to a “multi-disciplinary” surgery done by Indian doctors at a Delhi hospital.
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