Last Thursday night, I was informed by Dr. TC Sadasukhi, transplant urologist at the Mahatma Gandhi Hospital (MGH) in Jaipur, that a 7-year-old boy was potentially brain dead and the family was interested in donating his organs. Coincidentally, as transplant consultant to the Government of Rajasthan and as an advisory board member of the MOHAN Foundation, I was visiting MGH that morning to deliver a lecture on "Brain Death Declaration and Donor Organ Management." It was time for some on-the-job training.
At a tender age of 6, a boy from rural area of the state scripted history. He became the first cadaver donor (organs from brain dead people donated to other patients) in the state. His vital organs - liver and kidney were harvested in Mahatma Gandhi Hospital, Jaipur, where he was undergoing treatment for an injury he suffered on January 30. Before he died, he saved lives of persons who could survive only by liver and kidney transplant.
For many Indians, Pakistanis and Bangladeshis living in Britain who need an organ transplant, the wait can be gruelling, as very few Asians come forward to donate organs because of a lack of awareness.
Organ donation may get a boost in India and the UK with Multi Organ Harvesting Aid Network (MOHAN) Foundation signing an MoU with National Health Service Blood and Transplant of the UK on Friday.
An NGO Mohan Foundation has signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which aims at increasing organ donation rates in India and the United Kingdom, with NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT).
An NGO Mohan Foundation has signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which aims at increasing organ donation rates in India and the United Kingdom, with NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT).
For many U.K.-based Indians, Pakistanis and Bangladeshis in need of an organ transplantation, the wait can be gruelling. With very few Asians coming forward to donate organs because of a lack of awareness, the National Health Service Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is now trying to encourage more people to come forward to donate organs.
The Multi Organ Harvesting Aid Network (MOHAN) Foundation on Friday signed an MoU with National Health Service Blood and Transplant of UK to improve the organ donation rate in both the countries. A very few people from the Asian community donate organs largely due to lack of awareness and religious and cultural beliefs.
Multi Organ Harvesting Aid Network (MOHAN) Foundation, an NGO that has been working in the field of deceased organ donation for the past 18 years signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT), UK in Chennai on Friday.
Haryana is fast emerging as a significant transplant state with many leading hospitals undertaking transplants. With this in mind, a first-of-its-kind meeting, 'Deceased Organ Donation Stakeholders Meeting of Haryana', was organized by Mohan Foundation on Friday in the city. Medanta, Artemis, Fortis, Paras and Alchemist are among the hospitals where transplants are done.
