Home \ Press & Media
PRINT
Press & Media
| Select the City | : |
Press & Media - Chennai |
||||||||||||||||||||
| British Medical Journal lauds TN’s cadaver transplant programme The Hindu, Sunday, April 14, 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu has had a tenuous link with organ donation. Once known as a “world centre” for the transplant tourism industry, the State has now reformed itself to lead the country in conducting its best cadaver transplant programme. The British Medical Journal has paid rare and rich praise to the State for achieving this turn around. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Read More | ||||||||||||||||||||
| State sees a spurt in cadaveric donations in five days The Hindu, Thursday, March 21, 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Over the last five days in Tamil Nadu, seven large-hearted people and their families have made the ultimate sacrifice – organ donation, so that many others can live on. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Read More | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Organ trafficking and transplant tourism: The legal way forward Modern Medicare, Thursday, March 21, 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| A global paucity of organ supply has pushed international organ trade up by a few notches in the recent times. A rising health policy issue around the globe, poor and vulnerable groups of people today are susceptible to illegal organ trafficking. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 5-10 per cent of the 1,00,000 organs transplanted each year globally have been purchased illegally from poor people desperate for cash. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Read More | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Spurt in cadaveric donations The Hindu, Wednesday, March 20, 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Over the last five days in Tamil Nadu, seven large-hearted people and their families have made the ultimate sacrifice – organ donation, so that many others can live on. Six donors shared with their recipients a total of 11 kidneys, five livers, a lung, and eight corneas. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Read More | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Drug shortage stalls organ donation The Times of India, Wednesday, February 20, 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| This could be devastating news for hundreds of people waiting for a cadaver organ for transplant: several kidneys, lungs, livers and hearts that could have saved organ failure patients weren't retrieved from brain dead patients at the Government General Hospital since October 2012. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Read More | ||||||||||||||||||||
| No insurance cover for organ donors The Times of India, Sunday, January 27, 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Srinidhi (name changed), a housewife, donated a part of her liver to her husband a few years ago. Even though she has no complications and is perfectly healthy, she was surprised to find that insurance companies rejected her application for comprehensive health cover. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Read More | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bumping up the death rate The Hindu, Monday, October 08, 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| On a dark night with little or no street lighting in some localities in and around Chennai, is it safe to ride a two-wheeler? What are the chances that you might hit a speed breaker that is not visible, and be thrown off the vehicle? | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Read More | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Organ donors’ families honoured Deccan Chronicle, Friday, August 10, 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| It was a felicitation function hosted by the Governor at the Raj Bhavan’s grand, chandelier-lit Darbar Hall. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Read More | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Families of organ donors honoured THE HINDU, Friday, August 10, 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Among the people responsible for saving lives through organ transplant surgeries, the families of the donors have rarely been recognised for the difficult decision they have to make at a moment of grief. Marking the cause, the Multi Organ Harvesting Aid Network Foundation honoured a total of 26 families who were presented with mementos by K. Rosaiah, the Governor of Tamil Nadu at Raj Bhawan on Thursday. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Read More | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Deceased organ donation is the way to go The Hindu, Sunday, July 08, 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Dr. Sumanth Raman and Dr. George Paul’s articles (Open Page, June 17) merit a response to set the record straight. To pay or not to pay is the fundamental question in this whole debate on organ donation. The answer lies very simply in the fulfilment of the four basic principles of medical ethics: Autonomy, Beneficence, Non-malfeasance and Justice. Does the deceased organ donation programme fulfil these criteria? | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Read More | ||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Organ Donation Videos
Address by Chief Guest Additional Chief Secretary, Govt. of Tamil Nadu - Mr. Syed Munir Hoda - EnglishDur: 10.38 secs
Address by Principal Secretary & Transport Commissioner, Tamil Nadu - Mr. Manchandranathan - EnglishDur: 5.03 secs
Rally Members Introduction & PresentationRally Convernors Experience - Mr. Kamal Hasan - English
Dur: 18.47 secs
-ACT,-2011.gif){kind=spacer}
Are you a member of Facebook? Become a fan of MOHAN Foundation and get organ donation news delivered to your Facebook page.
