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World Health Organisation hails State's performance in cadaver transplantation The Hindu, Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Tamil Nadu's recent experience with the cadaver transplantation programme came in for commendation at a recent meeting of World Health Organisation (WHO) representatives in Geneva, where they discussed strategies for the 4D programme (Developing Donations from Deceased Donors).

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Call to spread awareness of organ donation The Hindu, Friday, July 09, 2010

It is general consensus that Tamil Nadu's cadaver transplantation programme has received a fillip in the last two years. But much more can be done in terms of retrieval of organs from brain dead patients. Spreading awareness of cadaver organ donation is being recommended as a key intervention to scale up.

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State organ registry marks 100th transplant in two years Times of India, Wednesday, July 07, 2010

When the doctors at KG Hospital in Coimbatore declared a 38-year-old road traffic victim brain dead on Saturday, the state cadaver transplant registry in the state recorded the 100th cadaver organ donation since its inception in October 2008. In the last two years, the registry has networked with over 500 hospitals in the city besides hospitals transplant centres across the country.

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100th regulated cadaver transplant performed The Hindu, Monday, July 05, 2010

The 100th regulated cadaver organ transplantation was concluded on Sunday morning at the Government General Hospital.

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Be a trained transplant coordinator The Hindu, Thursday, June 17, 2010

MOHAN Foundation (Multi Organ Harvesting Aid Network) is conducting training programmes in transplant coordination and grief counselling — a first in South Asia. The coordinators help pass on life.

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There was no way we could delay the decision to get a liver transplant India Today Group, Thursday, April 15, 2010

Public awareness campaigns to encourage organ donations are at an all time high as the shortage of organs for transplant causes the death of 1.25 lakh Indians annually

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Simultaneous heart transplants performed The Hindu, Wednesday, March 24, 2010

In a rare feat, Frontier Lifeline Hospitals has performed heart transplants simultaneously on two patients hailing from Chennai.

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Organs harvested The Hindu, Monday, March 22, 2010

Organs of a 41-year-old social worker from Pallavaram were harvested after he was declared brain dead on Sunday. V.G. Veeramani was a resident of Lakshmipuram in Chromepet. A document writer, he lost consciousness at the Pallavaram Registrar's Office on Saturday afternoon. After first aid at a

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Man receives daughter's kidneys The Hindu, Friday, March 19, 2010

The kidneys of five-year-old Janani, who was declared brain-dead, were on Thursday transplanted to her father Chandrasekar.

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Man to get brain-dead child's kidneys The Hindu, Thursday, March 18, 2010

The kidneys of a five-year-old traffic accident victim are to be harvested and transplanted in her father.

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