Indian Transplant Newsletter. Vol.18 Issue No.55. November 2018 - February 2019
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Organ donation and transplantation myths in movies and television serials have a negative impact on the programme

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  Generally medical themes make for winning plots and there are many successful movies and television serials that have used these themes to keep their audience asking for more. ‘The Beautiful Mind’ depicting ...

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18th International Federation of Kidney Foundations (IFKF) Conference 2018 held in Chennai

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  The International Federation of Kidney Foundations (IFKF) and Tamilnad Kidney Research Foundation (TANKER) jointly hosted the 18th IFKF Conference, 2018 from 10th to 12th December 2018 at Hotel Savera, Chennai. The International ...

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Third Collaborative Conclave for Organ Donation Held in New Delhi

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  ORGAN (Organ Receiving & Giving Awareness Network) India, an initiative of the NGOs Parashar Foundation & the Vijaya Gujral Foundation, in association with National Organ & Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO) held ...

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Tamil Nadu Wins Best State for the 4th time in the Deceased Donation Programme

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  For the fourth consecutive year, Tamil Nadu bagged the Best State Award in deceased organ donation from the National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO), Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Dr. C. Vijaya ...

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How and Why should we promote organ donation in a country where access to transplantation is heavily biased?

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  Dr. Anand Bharathan Sr i Ramakr i shna Hospital, Coimbatore Consultant Surgeon, HPB Surgery India is a country of 130 crore people. Due to individual, soc ial and pol iti cal wi l l, respectable improvement has ...

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Say No to (Conditional) Organ Donation...

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  It is quite unusual to hear from a Transplant Coordinator to “Say No to Organ Donation”. However, when it comes to the “ifs and buts” in terms of consent for a family in considering organ donation, ...

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First simultaneous double lung transplant and CABG surgery was done in Bengaluru

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  Doctors at BGS Gleneagles Global Hospital, Bengaluru performed the state’s first simultaneous double lung transplant and coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery. In the past most people with coronary heart disease ...

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11th Annual Transplant Coordinators’ Conference held at St. John’s National Academy of Health Sciences, Bengaluru

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  Network and Alliance of Transplant Coordinators (NATCO), in association with MOHAN Foundation held its 11th Annual Transplant Coordinators’ Conference at St. John’s National Academy of Health Sciences, Bengaluru on ...

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MOHAN Foundation makes presentations at 14th World Congress of Bioethics and 7th National Bioethics Conference in Bengaluru

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  The 14th World Congress of Bioethics of International Association of Bioethics and the 7th National Bioethics Conference of Indian Journal of Medical Ethics was held from 5th – 7th December 2018 at St. John's National ...

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Dr. Rema Menon – It’s in her blood...

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  There is no mistaking the passion and zeal that Dr. Rema Menon brings to her work as Head, Transfusion Services, Apollo Hospitals, Chennai. But it is so much more than that, the Blood Bank is where she ...

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Mumbai’s Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus lit up in Green: A Tribute to Organ Donors and their Families on National Organ Donation Day

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  The iconic century-old Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus Mumbai (CSTM) railway station, was illuminated in green on 27th November 2018, India’s National Organ Donation day, to highlight the cause of organ donation that is ...

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‘Bharat Yatra’ by 67-year-old organ donor for Organ Donation Awareness

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  Pramod Lakshman Mahajan, a 67-year-old farmer hailing from Sangli, Pune, embarked on a journey across India on a two-wheeler to spread awareness about organ donation. In his ‘Bharat Yatra’ spanning 100 days he rode ...

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One week Transplant Coordinator,s Training Programme held in Bengaluru

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  MOHAN Foundation conducted one-week Transplant Coordinators’ Training Programmes under the aegis of National Organ & Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO), Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health & ...

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One Week Transplant Coordinators’ Training Programme held in Coimbatore

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  MOHAN Foundation under the aegis of NOTTO and Transplant Authority of Tamil Nadu (TRANSTAN) conducted a one week Transplant Coordinators’ Training Programme in Coimbatore from 7th to 11th January 2019. Present at the ...

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One Week Transplant Coordinators’ Training Programme held in Jaipur

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  Navjeevan – MFJCF (MOHAN Foundation-Jaipur Citizen Forum) Team conducted a one week Transplant Coordinators’ Training Programme at the Sawai Man Singh (SMS) Medical College, Jaipur, Rajasthan from 21st to 25th ...

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MOHAN Foundation’s ‘Transplant Coordinators’ Training Programme’ in top three nalists at British Medical Journal Awards South Asia 2018 in Excellence in Medical Education category

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  MOHAN Foundation’s ‘Transplant Coordinators’ Training Programme’ was in the top three finalists at the British Medical Journal (BMJ) Awards South Asia 2018 in the category of Excellence in Medical ...

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Mrs. Lalitha Raghuram receives “International Women Heroes Award”

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  The Women Ophthalmologists Society organised a grand conference at Hyderabad International Convention Centre, Hyderabad, on 22nd December 2018 and felicitated Mrs Lalitha Raghuram with the International Women Heroes Award. Mrs. ...

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MOHAN Foundation Transplant Coordinators Felicitated in Tamil Nadu

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  The Transplant Authority of Tamil Nadu (TRANSTAN) organised an event to honour the families of deceased organ donors in the state on 31st January 2019 at the Tamil Nadu Government Multi Super- Specialty Hospital, Chennai. Dr. C. ...

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