There are two different types of organ donation – living organ donation and cadaver donations. Organs from patients who are brain dead are called cadaver donations. Organs which can be harvested include – heart, eye, liver, lungs, kidneys, etc. Brain death usually occurs six to ten minutes after cardiac arrest and the person can be kept on ventilator support (so all other bodily functions are running) till the organs can be retrieved.
Every year over 5 lakh people in India lose their lives waiting for an organ. Fortis Hospital, Kalyan has taken an initiative to fix this issue.
Mallika's liver was transported via a green corridor to a patient at Apollo Hospital and her kidneys were donated to two patients, and her cornea and skin were given to two other patients.
Techniques and technologies such as surgical rehearsal, 3D printing and virtual reality were used as part of the pre-operative planning, said Cleveland Clinic.
In order to create awareness regarding organ donation, popular actors like Hema Malini, Soha Ali Khan and Swaroop Sampat came forward and urged the citizens donate their organs and grant a new lease of life to the needy.
Organ donation is a noble deed and the need of the hour. Let's all pledge to donate organs!
3 people get a new lease of life when a family decides to donate organs of their loved one
A Bengaluru based hospital has conducted Asia's first of its kind liver transplant by using Normothermic Machine Perfusion that can keep your liver alive outside your body for 24 hours.
This eye donation fortnight let's all pledge to donate our eyes and save lives!
A 42-year-old man, named Chandru donated his liver, both the kidneys and heart valves to save the lives of 7 needy people after he was declared brain dead.
Ashutosh's mother agreed to donate his heart, liver and both the kidneys.
SPARSH hospitals on Monday celebrated the successful completion of two kidney transplants at their Yeshwantpur facility.
The teenager was diagnosed with Dilated Cardiomyopathy in 2015, received a heart from a 20yr old donor from Indore in Jan 2016.
After 6 weeks of her birth, she was diagnosed with Alagille Syndrome, a genetic disorder that affects the liver, heart, and other parts of the body.
This transplant became possible when the brother and father of a 34yr old male from Amravati, consented to donate his organs.
It witnessed over 700 participants coming together.
If you're planning to go for organ donation, read this.
India's Department of Biotechnology has decided to give a big push for research in "tissue engineering."
Organ donation is a sacred act.
There is an urgent need to create awareness about hand transplants in India.
Organ donation can help save lives but not like how it's shown in Bollywood movies!
The patient had been diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy.
Eye donation should be made a family tradition.
The 53yr old was initially rushed to a local nursing home in Kalyan after sustaining injuries in a road traffic accident.
Koroth Gopalan (age 78) was caught in small accident while morning walks in Vasai.
Ashutosh's mother agreed to donate his heart, liver and both the kidneys.
SPARSH hospitals on Monday celebrated the successful completion of two kidney transplants at their Yeshwantpur facility.
The teenager was diagnosed with Dilated Cardiomyopathy in 2015, received a heart from a 20yr old donor from Indore in Jan 2016.
After 6 weeks of her birth, she was diagnosed with Alagille Syndrome, a genetic disorder that affects the liver, heart, and other parts of the body.
This transplant became possible when the brother and father of a 34yr old male from Amravati, consented to donate his organs.
It witnessed over 700 participants coming together.
If you're planning to go for organ donation, read this.
India's Department of Biotechnology has decided to give a big push for research in "tissue engineering."
Organ donation is a sacred act.
There is an urgent need to create awareness about hand transplants in India.
Organ donation can help save lives but not like how it's shown in Bollywood movies!
The patient had been diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy.
Eye donation should be made a family tradition.
The 53yr old was initially rushed to a local nursing home in Kalyan after sustaining injuries in a road traffic accident.
Koroth Gopalan (age 78) was caught in small accident while morning walks in Vasai.
The woman was suffering from chemotherapy induced Dilated Cardiomyopathy.
City-based BLK Super Specialty Hospital on Friday urged the Centre to strengthen provisions to encourage organ donations in the country.
A mother narrates a heart-wrenching story of how her liver helped her son survive and get back to normal life in a couple of months.
"I encourage everyone in the world to spread such message and to donate organs to the one they love"
This is the first time in the world that a dual live-donor liver and kidney transplant surgery has been performed in such a small child.
ORGAN India, organised a Collaborative Conclave for Organ Donation with NOTTO. Dr Padma Shri (Prof.) Jagdish Prasad, DGHS will inaugurate the event as the Chief Guest.
Data from the Health Ministry has revealed that 51,354 eyes were donated in 2013-14, of which only 22,384 were used for eye transplants.
Some 272 donors of 675 organs transplanted over the past five years had all suffered from cancer or malignancy.
A city court on Saturday sent five doctors including the CEO of L.H. Hirandanani Hospital to judicial custody till August 26 in the illegal kidney sale and transplant racket
