For the first time, the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital (CMCH) on Wednesday declared a patient brain dead and harvested his organs. The donor patient, a 35-year-old man from Kattabettu in the Nilgiris, had fallen from the top of his under-construction house.
Chennai Metro Rail Limited in association with Mohan Foundation will be conducting a rangoli competition on February 8 from 2 pm to 6 pm at Shenoy Nagar Metro Station (Street Level).
Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) along with Mohan Foundation is conducting a Rangoli competition on February 8 from 2pm to 6pm in an effort to raise awareness on organ donation. The event will be held at the street level of Shenoy Nagar metro station.
Harmony Foundation held an informative forum on the 31st of January 2020 on the topic of organ trafficking and donation to truly reach the hearts and minds of the youth of Mumbai. Organ trafficking is a brutal reality today and still happens in India and our country has earned the nickname of
Two years after Pune youngster Shreya Siddanagowda became the countrys first patient to undergo a bilateral upper hand transplant, she will attempt the Dream Run at Sundays Mumbai Marathon to help get new hands for Monica Morethe Kurla resident who as a 16-year-old lost both her arms in a 2014 railway accident.
Edelweiss Tokio Life Insurance has created a new Guinness World Records title for collecting the highest number of pledges for organ donation in a single day, following an impactful awareness drive throughout November.
Aligned with its mission to protect the dreams and aspirations of people, Edelweiss Tokio Life Insurance has kicked off a month-long campaign called #NoMoreWaiting. This aims to raise awareness and urge more people to step up in support of organ donation.
While 80% of people in major Indian cities are aware of organ donation, only three per cent of them have registered themselves as organ donors, a recent study has found. The study, Life After Life, was undertaken by Edelweiss Tokio Life Insurance and the Multi-Organ Harvesting Aid Network (MOHAN) Foundation.
BGS Gleneagles Global Hospital recently completed another record-breaking achievement of concluding 500 kidney transplants. This feat has been achieved in just nine years. Currently, they perform seven to eight kidney transplants a month and are one of the largest kidney transplant centres in the state.
Highlighting the need for creating more awareness on organ donation which still has social stigma attached, experts have said that the transplant coordinators play a vital role to motivate the family members and relatives of brain-dead persons so that the vital organs can be harvested.
