Indian Transplant Newsletter. Vol.19 Issue No.59. March 2020 - June 2020
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COVID-19 Pandemic and Organ Transplantation in India

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Vol.19 Issue No.59. March 2020 - June 2020
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Organ donation and transplantation during COVID-19 pandemic has been a challenge that has never been faced by the programme in all these years since its inception. The first three months saw hardly any transplant activities in the country. Most ...

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Iran tops the charts in organ donation in Asia

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Iran with an organ donation rate (ODR) of 14.34 per million population (pmp) in 2019 had the highest ODR in Asia as per the International Registry in Organ Donation and Transplantation (www.irodat.org). Israel’s ODR was 10.8 pmp and South ...

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First double lung transplant performed in USA for patient who had COVID-19

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A 28-year-old woman with severe lung damage from the coronavirus underwent a double lung transplant on 5th June 2020 at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago, USA. She had an autoimmune condition and was on immunosuppressant medication when she ...

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Hospital in Houston continues with lifesaving transplants during COVID-19 pandemic

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Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center in Houston, USA performed heart, lung and liver transplants during the COVID-19 outbreak as these were deemed essential procedures. The transplants in some instances were at a rate higher than before the ...

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Reduction in transplants in France and USA during COVID-19 outbreak

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Transplant centres in France and USA saw a huge reduction in deceased donor transplants because of the COVID-19 outbreak. By early April the number of transplants dropped by 91 percent in France and 50 percent in the USA compared to a month ...

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Deceased donation in Mumbai after COVID-19 lockdown

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Mumbai has had two deceased donors since the lockdown due to COVID-19. The Zonal Transplant Coordination Centre (ZTCC), Mumbai said that the first deceased donation took place on 25th March 2020 after the nationwide lockdown was announced. The ...

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Organ transplants restart amidst COVID-19 in Pune

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Transplant teams across the country have restarted transplantation looking at the plight of patients waiting for the surgery to take place. In Sahyadri Hospital, Pune eight patients passed away in the first phase of COVID-19 lockdown in India while ...

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Two-year-old child is Gujarat’s youngest deceased organ donor

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  A 17-year-old male patient from Ahmedabad suffering from kidney failure received a new lease of life through the kidneys donated by the parents of a brain dead two-year-old child, Ved Zinzuwadia, in Rajkot, Gujarat. According to Dr. ...

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Indian Council of Medical Research brings out guidelines on ‘Do Not Attempt Resuscitation’

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  The Indian Council of Medical Research has brought out consensus guidelines that aim to guide treating physicians on ‘Do Not Attempt Resuscitation’ (DNAR). DNAR would apply to a patient with a progressive ...

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Anjali Uthup – ‘Sunshine and Soul’

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Anjali Uthup lives for those moments of joy that she brings into the lives of people with end-stage kidney disease and their families. For her now it is not the applause that comes with being a successful media professional that drives her, but the ...

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Lung Transplantation during COVID-19 Pandemic

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  Donor and Recipient management during SARS-CoV-2 pandemic While we are gearing our health care systems to manage COVID-19 and looking for therapeutic strategies, several challenges exist in the field of lung transplantation. Assessment ...

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Restarting Transplant Programme in COVID era

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COVID-19 outbreak has been a double whammy for healthcare. The novel Coronavirus has been unique due to its highly variable clinical manifestation as well as highly unpredictable course. At one end, healthcare systems are collapsing due to sheer ...

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Psychological Impacts of Covid-19 and Staying Afloat in this Pandemic

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This pandemic of COVID-19 and the unprecedented measures that are being taking to “flatten the curve” and stop this contagion have brought the whole world to a screeching halt. Apart from the medical crisis, and economic crashes, ...

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My Transplant Experience by Mr. V. Krishnan

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  It has been 23 years since I underwent a kidney transplant on 25th March 1997. I am now a 69-year-old senior citizen residing in Bangalore with my wife with both my sons settled abroad. I am still keeping myself busy with some consultancy ...

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A MISSION TO REACH MILLIONS - CONCERTS IN AID OF ORGAN DONATION

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  MOHAN Foundation launched an initiative called “A mission to reach millions – Concerts in aid of organ donation” in May 2020. This is a series of online concerts to spread awareness about the noble cause of organ ...

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Synchrony Dialogues - Coming Together for Organ Donation

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On 12th June 2020, MOHAN Foundation organised the first of its series of panel discussions called ‘Synchrony Dialogues.’ These discussions are open to the general public. The first such discussion titled, “Coming together for ...

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Synchrony Dialogues - How to take care of your Liver

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On 30th June 2020 MOHAN Foundation organised its second panel discussion as part of its series, ‘Synchrony Dialogues’ on ‘How to take care of your liver’ in association with Medanta - The Medicity.It was moderated by Ms. ...

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