Indian Transplant Newsletter. Vol.18 Issue No.57. July 2019 - October 2019
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Has the Deceased Donation Programme Slowed Down in India

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  The current data coming from many states in India indicate that the deceased donation programme has  slowed down lately. The year 2017 was a good year for the programme but this has not been so for the last two years. The deceased ...

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The Daunting Task of Handling a Foreign National’s Organ Donation in India

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  In deceased donation in India there are occasionally unusual donations that happen and one such donation is when a foreign national becomes brain dead and the family wishes to donate the organs of their family member.  There have ...

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In a first, African American man gets a full-face transplant

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  Robert Chelsea, 68, became the first African American and just the 15th person in the US to get a full face transplant at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts in July 2019. Mr. Chelsea suffered ...

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Permission for first study in Japan to attempt growing human organs in animals

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  For the first time, a controversial stem-cell research study has been given government permission in Japan. The study aims at implanting modified animal embryos (mice, rats, or pigs) with human ‘induced pluripotent ...

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Rise in organ donation among the BAME community in UK

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  NHS Blood and Transplant, UK has encouraging news – there were 121 deceased donors from the black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) community last year, the highest number to date. The number of donations has increased by ...

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Green corridors hit a century in Pune with donated heart being accorded ‘VIP’ status

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  The traffic police in Pune created a ‘green corridor’ on 6th September 2019 to make sure that the heart of a deceased donor reached the destination hospital, Ruby Hall Clinic. Only after this was done was the way ...

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Peritoneal dialysis to be included in the National Dialysis Programme

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  The Health Ministry announced the Pradhan Mantri National Dialysis Programme (PMNDP) in 2016 and in the first phase haemodialysis centres were to be set up in all districts. Now peritoneal dialysis is to be included in the ambit ...

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First bone donation in Pune carried out successfully

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  The first bone donation in Pune took place at the state-run Sassoon General Hospital on 25th August 2019 when a 49-year-old exserviceman’s bones and corneas were donated to the hospital. Mrs. Arati Gokhale, Central ...

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Liver transplant registry initiated by Liver Transplantation Society of India

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  Making transplant data from India available is much needed for credibility within the country as well as internationally. The Liver Transplantation Society of India (LTSI) initiated a voluntary liver transplant registry on 15th ...

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A Recipient of Two Kidney Transplants

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  By Swami Swaminathan After growing up in India, I migrated to the U.S.A in my late twenties. Throughout my working life, I was active and healthy and had no major health problems. Then, suddenly one day, I got violently ...

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FORT organises Summit on ‘Organ Care Systems & Transportation’ in collaboration with MOHAN Foundation

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On 3rd August 2019 Fortis Organ Retrieval & Transplant (FORT) organized a Summit on ‘Organ Care Systems & Transportation’at Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Gurugram. The summit marked the completion of 100 organ donations in ...

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Critical Care Workshop on Brain Death and Organ Donation held in BJ GMC & Sassoon Hospital, Pune

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  A Critical Care Workshop on Brain Death and Organ Donation was held in BJ GMC & Sassoon Hospital, Pune on 24th August 2019. The faculty members were Dr. Urvi Shukla from Aditya Birla Memorial Hospital, Dr. Abhijeet Deshmukh ...

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Fitness Among Transplant Professionals

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Dr. Gomathy Narasimhan Senior Consultant, Abdominal Trauma, HPB Surgery, Liver and Renal Transplantation, Dr. Rela Institute & Medical Centre, Chennai Healthcare professionals and health – Interestingly they don’t ...

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Fitness for transplant recipients

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  Dr. Dinesh Jothimani is the Director of Hepatology at Dr.Rela Institute and Medical C e n t r e a n d a n U l t r a Marathoner himself Dr. Dinesh Jothimani is the Director of Hepatology at Dr.Rela Institute and ...

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World Transplant Games 2019

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  The 22nd edition of the Summer World Transplant Games (WTG) organised by the World Transplant Games Federation was held from 17th – 23rd August 2019 in Newcastle Gateshead, UK. Close to 2250 athletes from 60 nations ...

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MOHAN Foundation participates in the 16th Congress of the Asian Society of Transplantation held in Greater Noida, Delhi-NCR

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  The 16th Congress of the Asian Society of Transplantation (CAST) and the 30th Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Organ Transplantation (ISOT) was held from 29th September to 2nd October, 2019 at India Exposition Mart Limited ...

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Donor story

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  Sadhna Mundari was a shy young woman. She kept mostly to herself. While not very social, she was extremely passionate about her career. As an Apparel Designer and Fashion Merchandiser, she had ambitious plans for her future. ...

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7th FORT-MOHAN Foundation Training on Transplant Coordination held at FMRI, Gurugram

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  7th FORT-MOHAN Foundation Training on Transplant Coordination held at FMRI, Gurugram MOHAN Foundation in partnership with FORT (Fortis Organ Retrieval & Transplant) successfully completed the 7th FORT-MOHAN Foundation training ...

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One Week Transplant Coordinators’ Training Programme Held in Pune

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  MOHAN Foundation in collaboration with Zonal Transplant Coordination Centre (ZTCC), Pune conducted a one-week Transplant Coordinators’ Training Programme from 19th to 23rd August 2019 at ISCCM Pune Office, Maharashtra. ...

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One Week Transplant Coordinators’ Training Programme Held in Visakhapatnam

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  MOHAN Foundation in collaboration with Jeevandan, Andhra Pradesh conducted a one-week Transplant Coordinators’ Training Programme from 14th to 18th October 2019 at Visakha Institute of Medical Sciences, Visakhapatnam. There ...

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Zee TV Rajasthan awards and honours Mrs. Bhavna Jagwani of MFJCF

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  On 11th August 2019, Zee TV Rajasthan honoured and awarded Mrs. Bhavna Jagwani, the Convener of MOHAN Foundation Jaipur Citizen Forum (MFJCF) in an event at Jaipur for her contribution towards the promotion of the organ donation cause ...

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Pallavi Kumar summits Mount Kilimanjaro as her tribute to organ donors and their families

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  On October 03, 2019, Ms. Pallavi Kumar, Executive Director, MOHAN Foundation summited Mount Kilimanjaro and unfurled a flag expressing her tribute to organ donors for their selfless act of giving a part of themselves to keep others ...

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