Until a year ago, walking a few steps was itself a huge task for Hvovi Minocherhomji, a heart transplant recipient from Mumbai. Now, the 22-year-old college student who enjoys roller coaster rides wants to advocate the cause of deceased organ donation.
"I want sell my kidney. I am a 37-year-old married woman ... I have no money for my son's studies and I have family problems. So can you help me sir? It's very urgent ... My blood group is B positive,'' says an email sent to transplant surgeons in Chennai on May 25.
Doctors and other stakeholders involved in liver transplantation in Karnataka are working towards getting industries utilise their corporate social responsibility (CSR) budget to fund liver transplants, especially among children.
Union surface and transport minister and Nagpur MP Nitin Gadkari, Nagpur mayor Pravin Datke and Rajya Sahba member Ajay Sancheti are among some of the leading personalities of the city to have pledged organ donation recently.
Whatever may be the time, 27-year old Girish Shetty's phone just doesn't stop ringing. A grief counsellor-cum-transplant coordinator, Shetty handles what is considered as one of the toughest jobs in the world -convincing grief-stricken relatives of a brain-dead person to part with the organs of their loved ones.
Representatives from an Indian NGO Mohan Foundation and NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) met at the House of Lords on 26th February 2015 to sign an important Memorandum of Understanding, agreeing to work together to learn from each other's experiences.
Representatives from an Indian NGO Mohan Foundation and NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) met at the House of Lords on 26th Feb 2015 to sign an important Memorandum of Understanding, agreeing to work together to learn from each other's experiences.
Representatives from an Indian NGO Mohan Foundation and NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) met at the House of Lords on 26th Feb 2015 to sign an important Memorandum of Understanding, agreeing to work together to learn from each other's experiences. NHS Blood and Transplant is the organ donor organisation for the UK, and has agreed to share their expertise in increasing the number of organ donors, matching and allocating donated organs and auditing, analysing and publishing both organ donation and outcomes after transplantation.
Representatives from an Indian NGO Mohan Foundation and NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) met at the House of Lords on 26th Feb 2015 to sign an important Memorandum of Understanding, agreeing to work together to learn from each other's experiences. NHS Blood and Transplant is the organ donor organisation for the UK, and has agreed to share their expertise in increasing the number of organ donors, matching and allocating donated organs and auditing, analysing and publishing both organ donation and outcomes after transplantation.
Representatives from NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) and the MOHAN Foundation, a not-for-profit organ donation charity based in India, will meet at the House of Lords today to sign an important Memorandum of Understanding, agreeing to work together to learn from each other's experiences.
