The 38-km green corridor took only 37 minutes and 45 seconds for a team of experts and police to deliver the organs harvested from a 62-year-old brain-dead woman patient.
Mumbai Witnesses Youngest Organ Donation from a Seven-Year-Old Boy
Deyaan Udani was on a vacation in Mumbai from Sydney with his family. He was declared brain dead due to cerebral venous thrombosis at the Hinduja hospital.
Deyaan Udani was on a vacation in Mumbai from Sydney with his family. He was declared brain dead due to cerebral venous thrombosis at the Hinduja hospital.
‘An estimated 500,000 people await organ donation in India, but only 5 percent of them receive a second lease of life.
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While it took only 37 minutes and 45 seconds for a team of experts and police to deliver the organs harvested from a 62-year-old brain-hemorrhaged woman patient, a team of doctors - Dr Sonal Gupta, Dr Waheed Zaman and Dr Vikas Aggarwal - worked for more than eight hours to ensure a smooth harvesting and transplanting procedure. "The team worked tirelessly to ensure that the two kidney transplants are carried out successfully. The noble decision of the donor's family has given a new lease of life to two people. We are proud to be a part of such a brave act. We hope millions of others take inspiration from the family of the 62-year old lady," Dr Zaman said.
On January 7, a 32-km green corridor from the same hospital in Shalimar Bagh to its Saket branch facilitated transportation of the heart of a 17-year-old road accident victim in 45 minutes 27 seconds. The heart was transplanted into a 46-year-old woman with dilated cardiomyopathy and suffering from end-stage heart failure.
People Gather to Highlight the Need for More Organ Donation
Students, faculty and transplant recipients lined up on the University of Michigan's Diag to highlight the ongoing need for more organ, tissue, blood donors.
Students, faculty and transplant recipients lined up on the University of Michigan's Diag to highlight the ongoing need for more organ, tissue, blood donors.
Source-IANS
Mumbai Equals Last Year's Record With It's 41st Organ Donation This Year
Mumbai equaled the 2014 record of organ donations when a family of a 50-year-old brain-dead woman donated her kidneys, liver and corneas to three patients with organ failure.
Mumbai equaled the 2014 record of organ donations when a family of a 50-year-old brain-dead woman donated her kidneys, liver and corneas to three patients with organ failure.
17-year-old American Student Creates Two-minute Video on the Need for Organ Donation
The video was developed for a competition, ‘Legacy of Life Essay and Video Scholarships’ with the idea to make more people sign up as organ donors.
The video was developed for a competition, ‘Legacy of Life Essay and Video Scholarships’ with the idea to make more people sign up as organ donors.
