A 22-year-old was treated in the Apollo hospitals and was declared brain dead. Her aprents decided to donate her kidneys, liver and eyes.
Organ Donation Day 2016 - Donate Organs & Extend Our Own Life
Organ Donation Day 2016 spreads awareness and focusses on shortage of organs. We all have the power to save many lives through the simple act of donation.
Organ Donation Day 2016 spreads awareness and focusses on shortage of organs. We all have the power to save many lives through the simple act of donation.
‘The Kolkata Traffic Police successfully arranged a green corridor to transport the harvested kidney for transplant.’
Doctors decided to transplant a kidney and liver for Bijay Kumar Bhut and Reiza Uvalik respectively, who are under treatment in the same hospital, while the eyes of the woman have already been handed over to the Disha Eye Hospital. However, the hospital authority and the woman's family members requested the administration to arrange a green corridor to send another kidney to government-run SSKM hospital in central Kolkata.
Accepting the challenge on the festive-night, police successfully created a green corridor and it would take only 9 minutes to traffic the kidney from Apollo Gleneagles to SSKM hospital, according to reports. Later it was transplanted to Baruipur's resident Priyotosh Naskar at SSKM hospital.
Organ Donation After Death at Old Age is Found Effective
Kidney transplantation from people who die over 80 years can be transplanted to recipients and show similar patient and kidney survival rate.
Kidney transplantation from people who die over 80 years can be transplanted to recipients and show similar patient and kidney survival rate.
Obstacles to Organ Donation in India: Q&A With Anika Parashar, Co-founder of ORGAN India
Anika Parashar Puri talks about obstacles to organ donation in India and the ORGAN India's approach to increasing the number of organ donor pledges in the country.
Anika Parashar Puri talks about obstacles to organ donation in India and the ORGAN India's approach to increasing the number of organ donor pledges in the country.
MOHAN Foundation, Indian NGO, Makes Strides in Organ Donation and Awarded Prestigious British Medical Journal South Asia Award 2015
MOHAN Foundation has been awarded the British Medical Journal South Asia Award 2015 in the Healthcare Advocacy category for its efforts to promote organ donation.
MOHAN Foundation has been awarded the British Medical Journal South Asia Award 2015 in the Healthcare Advocacy category for its efforts to promote organ donation.
