Cadaver Organ Donation

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  20-Month-Old Becomes India's Youngest Organ Donor, Saves 5 Lives

  In an act of kindness, a 20-month-old toddler has become the youngest cadaver donor by saving five lives.

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  Varun Gandhi To Float Bill Making Organ Donation "Compulsory" For Adults

  Used the hashtag #OrganDonationDay, BJP MP Varun Gandhi today tweeted that he will introduce a privatemember's bill to promote organ donation from cadavers, or a person who has been declared dead. This bill, if passed, would automatically put all adult citizens in a national organ donation register, but with the choice to opt out.

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  Organ Taken To Mumbai While Goa Patient Waits For Harvested Cadaver, Probe Ordered

  A brain dead man's organs harvested at a private hospital in Goa were taken to Mumbai instead of being donated to a patient waiting for transplant at a state-run hospital, prompting the health department to order an inquiry into it.

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  Now, Doctors Will Remind Families To Donate Organs Of Their Deceased Loved Ones

  By Roli Srivastava Mumbai: Doctors in India will now get text alerts reminding them to ask families to donate organs of their deceased loved ones as part of a nationwide campaign to solve the country’s organ shortage that has fuelled a black market trade in organs. The drive, “Poochna Mat Bhoolo” – which means “don’t forget to ask” ...

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  Family Of Brain Dead Youth Donates Organs, Saves Four

  Family of a 24-year-old youth, who was declared brain dead following a road accident, on Wednesday donated his organs and saved four lives by cadaver transplant.

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  Organ Donation Should Become A Social Movement: JP Nadda

  Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare JP Nadda today urged people to come forward and donate organs and said that 'organ donation should become a social movement' in the country.

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  In Kolkata, A Family Had To Wait 4 Days To Donate Organs

  While West Bengal has around 10 lakh bodies pledged for donations, cadaver transplants are few and far between due to lack of infrastructure and a legal framework. This, even after former Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya has pledged his body and organs along with many other eminent citizens.

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  42-Year-Old Man, Declared Brain Dead, Becomes 9th Cadaver Donor at AIIMS

  A 42-year-old man, who was declared brain dead at a private hospital in New Delhi, has become the ninth cadaver donor at AIIMS.

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  Tamil Nadu Leads in Brain Dead Organ Donation

  Tamil Nadu leads in cadaver organ donation in India as the last year alone witnessed 136 such donations, Dr J Amalorpavanathan, state convenor, Cadaver Transplant Programme, Tamil Nadu Organ Society, said today.

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  Brain Dead Man's Donated Organs Saves 5, Helps 2 See

  AIIMS received the year's first cadaver donation with the family of a 24-year-old man from Sangam Vihar, donating his organs after he was declared brain dead.

• Tamil Nadu to Set up Cadaver Transplantation Authority

  To strengthen and expand cadaver transplantation efforts in the state, Tamil Nadu Government today proposed a Cadaver Transplantation Authority besides a Regional Centre for Organ Transplantation.

• Tamil Nadu number one in organ donation

  Two years ago, Dr Pushpanjali Ashokan in Tamil Nadu donated all organs of her son Hithendran, declared brain dead following a road accident. This incident served as a turning point and the state now ranks number one in multiple organ donation

• Organ Donation

  The concept of organ donation has not caught on well in India for want of public education and awareness. Thousands of lives are lost in India annually since transplantation of unpaired organs like heart, liver and pancreas is either difficult or impossible from living donors. This is only possible on a large scale if these organs are available fro...

• HOPE Trust campaign on organ donation

  Addressing the concern over lack of awareness and misconceptions on the concept of organ donation, HOPE Trust organized a special awareness campaign on the 11th of August, 2002 at New Delhi.