Report of the joint committee to study the impact of sea level rise on the islands and frame policy and measures to protect these islands dated October 10, 2023. The report was in compliance with the National Green Tribunal order, July 11, 2023. The report recommended undertaking field-based topographic surveys …
It was tough for professor Amar Oswal to convince his family to donate the organs of his dead sister. But after the organs were donated, the family realised the impact of their deed. Overwhelmed by the response from the families of the recipients, the entire Oswal family has pledged to …
LONDON: British scientists claim to have developed a machine which could keep donor livers 'alive' outside human body. A team at Oxford University says the machine, known as METRA which would keep livers healthy during transportation from donor to the operating table, could help save the lives of many people …
New Delhi: More than two lakh Indians require organ transplantation annually. However, less than 10% are able to get this timely help. Cadaver donation, which is the biggest source of organs for transplantation, remains as low as 0.1%, say experts. To deal with the crisis, the All India Institute of …
MUMBAI: Is it possible to make cornea retrieval in all medico-legal cases without legal hassles, the Bombay HC asked the Centre on Monday while hearing a PIL on the underutilization of corneas. A division bench of Chief Justice Mohit Shah and Justice Ranjit More was hearing the PIL by Sampat …
With the ministry of health having given the green signal for allograft or the transplanting of tissues from one person to another, a major push for tissue transplant was given at the 99th Indian Science Congress by scientist Rajyalakshi Manda. Dr Manda stressed that tissue transplanting has a long history …
Shortage of organs for transplantation is a worldwide problem and million of lives are lost every year because the organ Transplantation option cannot be offered to them. In India nearly 200,000 persons develop terminal kidney failure each year and their life can be sustained only through lifelong dialysis or kidney …
To make it convenient for prospective organ donors, the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) is all set to create a common online platform for their convenience. Once the common web page is in place, interested donors would be able to fill the donor forms online, be …
New Delhi: In a crucial ruling that will fast-track the process of organ transplant for needy patients, the Delhi high court has cleared an ambiguity in the laws governing transplant. Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw, in a judgment delivered last week but released on Tuesday, said the power to verify organ …
The decks have been cleared for kidney transplants in Pune after a decision by the state government to issue a letter to hospitals across the state promising to provide two state government nominees to authorise all transplants. Transplants had been suspended in city hospitals since April 1.An amendment in the …
After performing the first cadaveric liver transplant surgery on a 44-year-old patient on April 15, PGI is now ready to initiate a live related liver transplant programme. This was announced at a media interaction at PGI by the team of doctors, including Dr Arunanashu Behera, Dr Y K Chawla, Dr …
Breakthrough Made By Tweaking Stem Cells; May End Organ Shortage For Transplants London: Scientists claim to have grown kidneys in a laboratory by manipulating stem cells, a major breakthrough which could help tackle the shortage of organs for transplant. A team at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland has actually …
The government on Thursday amended the Transplantation of Human Organs Act, simplifying rules and extending the ambit of organ donors among family members to grandparents. The decision was taken by the Cabinet which also extended the term of existing board of doctors governing the Medical Council of India (MCI) by …
Aiming at promoting and streamlining the process of organ donation, the government on Thursday amended the Transplantation of Human Organs Act, in order to simplify rules and extend the ambit of donors to grandparents and grandchildren.
State Recorded Lowest Infant Mortality Rate In 2009, MP The Highest New Delhi: Goa is the best place in India for a child to be born while Madhya Pradesh is the worst. India has seen a fall in its infant mortality rate (IMR). And in sheer numbers, Goa in 2009 …
So far, the three BMC medical colleges and the state-run JJ Hospital were the only ones in the city that could register brain deaths and retrieve organs. Now, so can two BMC-run peripheral hospitals, R N Cooper Hospital in Vile Parle and KB Bhabha Hospital in Bandra, part of a …
IN A bid to streamline organ donation, the government is proposing to allow swap donation, tissue donation and expand the definition of near relatives, including grandparents and grandchildren, in the Transplantation of Human Organs (Amendment) Bill, 2009. Recommended by the Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare earlier this year, …
London: In a breakthrough which could pave the way for customised transplant organs for patients, scientists claim to have successfully grown miniature human livers in the laboratory. An international team, led by Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine in North Carolina in the US, created working livers the size of …
The cabinet on Wednesday gave its consent to the amendments proposed by the centre on organ transplant. As per this amendment, the grandparents, grandchildren and extended family members can play the role of donors for any person. As per the norms in the past, only the closest relatives of the …
Clinical Trial Of Device, Made Of Animal & Synthetic Tissue, Set To Begin Next Yr Paris: It is a long-held dream: an artificial heart to replace one that is damaged or diseased. Now, a French company says that it has the technology to make the implantation of it a standard …
