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Total Press & Media Count: 661
  • SBI launches 3 banks on wheels

    IBNLive, Sunday, November 6, 2011

    During the event, a Toyota Innova and an Eicher mini bus were being given away to Mohan Foundation and MedIndia Charitable Trust respectively. “As part of the bank’s corporate social responsibility programme, we earmark one percent of our net profits annually to be given to an organisation working for a noble cause. There are only two conditions for an organisation to fulfil to avail of this: donations to the organisation should be eligible for tax exemption under 80 G, and the organisation should have an account with the SBI,” said Pratip Choudhuri.

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    • HELP OR HINDRANCE?

      The Telegraph, Wednesday, November 2, 2011

      A 54-year-old man in Mumbai, who was suffering from chronic renal failure, had filed an application for receiving a kidney from a friend. But the state authorisation committee, which looks into such applications, turned down the plea, saying that it had stopped receiving appeals regarding organ

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      • Cadaver organ donation still a taboo

        Hindustan Times, Sunday, October 9, 2011

        With 70% of India's 1.4 lakh accident victims diagnosed as brain dead every year, the country has 80,000 potential organ donors. Yet, organs from only about 100 are retrieved, making the percentage of cadaver donations a dismal 0.3%.

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        • ZCCK trains organ transplant coordinators

          Deccan Herald, Wednesday, September 14, 2011

          With many new hospitals having applied for organ transplant licence in the State, the Zonal Coordination Committee of Karnataka (ZCCK) for the first time held an intensive training module for organ transplant coordinators of licensed hospitals.

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          • Organ donation: Hospitals equipped but public unaware

            The Times of India, Thursday, September 8, 2011

            Every year, close to six lakh people die in India due to organ failure. However, according to doctors, this astonishing figure can come down drastically if awareness is generated about organ donation.

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            • Norms hit organ donation hard

              Deccan Chronicle, Thursday, September 8, 2011

              Cadaver organ transplants in the state seem to have lost a bit of steam. Even though TN has crossed the 500 donors mark, 217 of them from the government general hospital in Chennai alone, the past few months have been very slow, lament officials.

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              • Call to build network of organ transplantation centres

                The Hindu, Wednesday, September 7, 2011

                Additional Director General, Department of Health and Family Welfare, N.K. Mohanty said there is a large gap between the number of people who needed organ transplantations and the number of transplantations performed.

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                • State's organ donation programme earns praise

                  The Hindu, Tuesday, September 6, 2011

                  The nation's target will be to attain Tamil Nadu' s rate of cadaveric organ donation of 1.3 per million people within the next two years, Director General of Health Services, Government of India, R.K. Srivastava, said here on Saturday.

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