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Heart Flown To Mumbai From Surat Within 2 Hours For Transplant

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.

Should We Keep Doing Face Transplants?

There are few long-term studies of people who’ve had face transplants, and even the addition of another study of seven cases does not answer all questions about safety and efficacy of the procedure, say the authors of a new report.

Gurgaon Hospital Hosts Summit On Organ Donation

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).

Kidney Donors Don’t Always Get Priority When They Need A Transplant

Living kidney donors are supposed to get priority on the waiting list if they ever need a transplant themselves, and when a recent study found that wasn’t always happening, regulators put new policies and programs in place to reduce delays.