Monthly Archives: January 2009

`Rate of heart transplants too low in country' – Times of India


`Rate of heart transplants too low in country'
Times of India, India
"Preventive cardiology includes control on diabetes, hypertension and diet besides regular exercise to check cardiac problems that are rising in the country," added the pioneer cardiac surgeon who performed the first successful heart transplantation in ...

Double transplant saves man – Times of India


Double transplant saves man
Times of India, India
According to doctors, diabetics who undergo just a kidney transplant have 80% mortality rate at 10 years versus a 20% mortality who undergo SPK. Renal function is better in SPK than in just a renal transplant. "The survival rate for a dual transplant ...

Donating a kidney is not bad for your health, research shows – Atlanta Journal Constitution


Donating a kidney is not bad for your health, research shows
Atlanta Journal Constitution,  USA
The rate of kidney donation by living donors is growing as well, and now equals the number of kidneys from deceased donors, the more common source of organs. But compared to the demand, the number of both types of donor kidneys is quite small. ...
Kidney donors lead long, healthy lives The Punch
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HIV patients can receive kidney transplants – Johns Hopkins News-Letter


HIV patients can receive kidney transplants
Johns Hopkins News-Letter, MD
"With proper donor selection and recipient management, including the avoidance of prolonged cold ischemic (organ preservation before surgery) time, utilization of living donors and determination of optimal immunosuppression dosing prior to ...

Officials raise awareness about organ donation – Red Bank Hub


Officials raise awareness about organ donation
Red Bank Hub,  USA
New Jersey Sharing Network is a member of the United Network for Organ Sharing, responsible for the recovery of organs and tissue for the 4500 New Jersey residents currently awaiting transplants. More than 100000 people in the US are on transplant ...

Stanley records a first in liver transplant – Hindu


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Stanley records a first in liver transplant
Hindu, India
PROUD MOMENT: Dr. Surendran and his team of surgeons who successfully performed the liver transplantation at the Government Stanley Hospital in Chennai on Thursday. CHENNAI: South India’s first successful liver transplant in the public sector was ...

Multi-organ transplant is a trend now – Times of India


Multi-organ transplant is a trend now
Times of India, India
From 2007 to December 2008, we had received kidneys from four brain-dead persons, all from Mysore, saving eight kidney patients in the state," Jency Antony, transplant coordinator of ZCCK, told The Times of India. "It's an emotional situation, ...

organ donors' expenses at center of ethics debate – USA Today


organ donors' expenses at center of ethics debate
USA Today
In 2007, 22049 of the 28360 organ transplants were from deceased donors, according the United Network for Organ Sharing. Ethical concerns are being raised. Helping people with funeral expenses "crosses over into helping bribe them," says Arthur Caplan, ...

With three calls, organ registry has busy day – Times of India


With three calls, organ registry has busy day
Times of India, India
CHENNAI: It was one of busiest days at the Central Organ Registry the nodal agency working from the Government General Hospital to network hospitals for cadaver organ transplants. It had received calls from three hospitals with offers from relatives of ...

Woman accused in kidney racket gets bail – Indopia


Woman accused in kidney racket gets bail
Indopia, India - Jan 27, 2009
Ambala , Jan 27 A local designated court today granted bail to a nurse on humanitarian ground while rejecting the bail plea of five others accused in the ...