Indian Transplant Newsletter Vol. 12 Issue NO: 39 (Jul 2013 - Oct 2013)
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Lessons to Learn from Korea for the Asian Deceased Donor Transplant Programme

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The star of the deceased donation programme in Asia is currently South Korea.  This is a country that is famous for its living liver transplantation programme.  A WHO report in 2008 showed that, out of 96 countries, Korea was performing ...

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Miss America aspirant undergoes lung transplant

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Alyson Tozer is 20 years old and her dream is to be Miss America. She has overcome a life-threatening obstacle and hopes to realise her dream one day.  Alyson was born with a chronic disease called Cystic fibrosis that affects the lungs and ...

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Opt -out system to be adopted in Wales

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The National Assembly for Wales has passed a legislation called the Human Transplantation (Wales) Bill to change the system of organ donation there. This means that when the legislation is implemented in 2015 it will become the first UK nation to ...

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Organ Donation in Korea

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The Korean Network for Organ Sharing (KONOS) under the Korea Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said that 375 brain dead people donated organs between January and November 2012. The figure is more than 10-fold the 36 in 2002. “The ...

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Revised organ transplant law facilitates deceased organ donation in Japan

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Japan’s revised Organ Transplant Law was enforced just three years ago, but already it has been making a significant difference in organ donations. According to a Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry study council, 90% of the organ ...

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Ship of Theseus crew and Kiran Rao pledge their organs

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On 13 th  August, 2013 a signing up event was organised at PVR-Juhu Lavina, Mumbai. The cast and crew of Anand Gandhi’s film  Ship of Theseus  along with Kiran Rao, actor Aamir Khan’s wife who is also independently a film ...

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Healing Hearts beyond Boundaries

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In May 2013, a Pakistani National underwent a lifesaving heart transplantation at Fortis Malar Hospital, Chennai. The team of medical experts who performed the operation was led by Dr. K R Balakrishnan, Director, Cardiac Sciences. Moulana ...

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The Times of India 'I Lead India' campaign on Organ Donation

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Every year Times of India (TOI) initiates a nationwide campaign which focuses on socially relevant issues. In 2013 they launched the 'I Lead India' campaign. It was a week long campaign that started on 29th July 2013 and ended on 6th August 2013, ...

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“Let’s Refine Ourselves” - 6th Annual Transplant Coordinators’ Workshop

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On 31 st  August and 1 st  September 2013 the 6 th  Annual Transplant Coordinators’ Workshop was held at Hotel Aadithya, Chennai. The workshop was organised by MOHAN Foundation in association with National Association of ...

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Gift of Life for Seven – First time from Maheshwari community

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On 2 nd  February 2013, Sri Purushottam Malani, a 52-year-old wholesale businessman in Hyderabad was going to work on his two-wheeler, when a wheel from an auto rickshaw got loose and hit his scooter. He fell down immediately sustaining severe ...

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One noble deed inspires another

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Smt. Kalpana Tiwari, 41, was a housewife with high ideals and motives to serve the society.  Kalpana complained of chest pain and fell unconscious on the night of 28 th  June 2013 and was rushed to Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, ...

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One Week Transplant Coordinators’ Training Programme – Hyderabad and Bengaluru

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Hyderabad A one week Transplant Coordinators' Training Programme was held at CARE Hospitals, Nampally, Hyderabad from 1st to 5th July 2013 by MOHAN Foundation. 21 participants attended the training programme and comprised both social workers ...

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