Cadaver Transplants

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  Jammu And Kashmir's "Mission Youth" Wins PM Awards For Excellence

  Mission Youth, which aims to transform the lives of youngsters in Jammu and Kashmir, and a cadaver transplant programme in Gujarat were among the path-breaking initiatives honoured with Prime Minister's Award for Excellence in Public Administration.

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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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  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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  Doctors Split Cadaver Liver to Save 2 Lives in Delhi

  In a rare surgery, doctors at a city hospital split cadaver liver of a 32-year-old brain dead patient and gave one lobe each to two persons in dire need of a liver transplant, thus giving them a fresh lease of life.

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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.

• 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 Shows the Way in Cadaver Transplants

  Giving a new lease of life to people suffering from organ failure is the Tamil Nadu Government's flagship cadaver transplant programme, which has seen the state take the lead since it came into being in 2008.

• 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.