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Born In India, Now In Pakistan: Indian Heart Gives Pak Teen New Life
An Indian heart has given new life to a young woman from Karachi in Pakistan, and her family, after a transplant surgery at Chennai's MGM Healthcare.
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From Bulgaria To India: A Remarkable Transplant Journey Of Hope And Unity
The survival prospects for little Diana (name changed), a one-and-a-half-year-old girl, appeared bleak as she was urgently flown from Bulgaria to MGM Healthcare in Chennai, following severe heart failure.
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Heart Procured From Chandigarh Patient Transplanted To Chennai Man: Officials
A heart harvested from a 45-year-old in PGIMER was transplanted to a terminally-ill patient, some 2,500 kilometres away in Chennai, doctors said on Friday.
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Russian Boy, 3, Gets "Berlin Heart" In Complex Surgery By Chennai Doctors
In what is believed to be a medical first in South East Asia, doctors at a private hospital in Chennai claim to have successfully performed a complex artificial heart implant procedure on a three-year-old Russian boy
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Highlights: More To Give Organ Donation 7-City Walkathon
NDTV-Fortis More To Give Walkathon 2018 garnered huge support across India with nearly 6.2 crore steps contributed in 7-cities and online. The event was to raise awareness about the cause of organ donation in India and get more people to take the pledge to become organ donors. This year saw many well known personalities like Rajkummar Rao, Prakash ...
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'Hithendran Effect' Keeping Tamil Nadu At The Forefront Of Organ Donation
The story of a 15-year-old boy named Hithendra, who lost his life in a motorbike accident, continues to inspire many in Tamil Nadu to become organ donors. As his parents chose to donate Hithendra's heart, kidney, liver, corneas and bone marrow, their action sparked off a movement called 'Hithendra Effect'.
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54-Year-Old Brain Dead Worker's Organs Harvested On 3 Patients In Coimbatore
Three persons got a new lease of life after the vital organs of a 54-year-old brain dead textile worker were transplanted on them on Saturday.
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Chennai's 'Heart of Gold': 145 Transplants in 5 Years
Nine-year-old Mahalakshmi from Andhra Pradesh required a heart transplant last year.
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A Heart's 90-Min Journey From Pune to Mulund
Without the heart transplant, the 22-year-old was looking at barely two weeks of life, said Dr K R Balakrishnan, director of cardiac sciences at Fortis Malar Hospital, Chennai, who was the transplant specialist flown to Mumbai for the path-breaking surgery yesterday.
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Rare Day for Organ Donation in Chennai, 23 People Get New Lease of Life
They could be called champions of organ donation. Families of five brain-dead people donated their organs at the Apollo Hospitals in Chennai on Monday, thereby giving a fresh lease of life to 23 patients awaiting transplants of heart, kidneys, lungs and cornea.
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Russian Baby Gets New Heart in Chennai
A new lease of life for two-year-old Russian baby, Gleb, who's recovering well after a heart transplant in Chennai. His heart developed pumping problems when he was just a year old, due to a condition called Restrictive Cardiomyopathy. Now, a new heart beats in him, thanks to the heart of a brain-dead baby in Bangalore, whose parents donated the he...
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2-Year-Old's Heart Travels in 4 Hours From Bengaluru to Chennai
The heart of a two-year-old boy who died on Friday morning at a hospital in Bengaluru was successfully transplanted into another young child in Chennai. The heart was rushed from one city to another, all within the space of four hours.
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How a Human Heart Was Rushed from Bangalore to Chennai
Green corridors to facilitate organ transport used to be a phenomenon that happens in foreign countries. But not any more. Today, a heart was sent from Bangalore to Chennai in record time - thanks to green corridors on both sides.
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Reverse Brain Drain: Indian Doctors Come Home to Medical Tourism Hub
One of the multitude of Indian emigrant doctors, Paul Ramesh moved to Britain in the 1990s, keen to get the best surgical training and earn a generous pay packet. Today he is still treating Westerners -- but in hospital beds back in Chennai, his south Indian hometown in Tamil Nadu state.
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US national undergoes successful heart transplant
Sixty-five-year-old US citizen Ronald Lemmer's heart is expected to beat for India after his successful heart transplant operation in Chennai.He is the first American and the oldest person to undergo a heart transplant in India."The US doctors said that my husband would not survive if operated in India. We checked with an Indian doctor who is our f...
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Born In India, Now In Pakistan: Indian Heart Gives Pak Teen New Life
An Indian heart has given new life to a young woman from Karachi in Pakistan, and her family, after a transplant surgery at Chennai's MGM Healthcare.
-
From Bulgaria To India: A Remarkable Transplant Journey Of Hope And Unity
The survival prospects for little Diana (name changed), a one-and-a-half-year-old girl, appeared bleak as she was urgently flown from Bulgaria to MGM Healthcare in Chennai, following severe heart failure.
-
Heart Procured From Chandigarh Patient Transplanted To Chennai Man: Officials
A heart harvested from a 45-year-old in PGIMER was transplanted to a terminally-ill patient, some 2,500 kilometres away in Chennai, doctors said on Friday.
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Russian Boy, 3, Gets "Berlin Heart" In Complex Surgery By Chennai Doctors
In what is believed to be a medical first in South East Asia, doctors at a private hospital in Chennai claim to have successfully performed a complex artificial heart implant procedure on a three-year-old Russian boy
-
Highlights: More To Give Organ Donation 7-City Walkathon
NDTV-Fortis More To Give Walkathon 2018 garnered huge support across India with nearly 6.2 crore steps contributed in 7-cities and online. The event was to raise awareness about the cause of organ donation in India and get more people to take the pledge to become organ donors. This year saw many well known personalities like Rajkummar Rao, Prakash ...
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'Hithendran Effect' Keeping Tamil Nadu At The Forefront Of Organ Donation
The story of a 15-year-old boy named Hithendra, who lost his life in a motorbike accident, continues to inspire many in Tamil Nadu to become organ donors. As his parents chose to donate Hithendra's heart, kidney, liver, corneas and bone marrow, their action sparked off a movement called 'Hithendra Effect'.
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54-Year-Old Brain Dead Worker's Organs Harvested On 3 Patients In Coimbatore
Three persons got a new lease of life after the vital organs of a 54-year-old brain dead textile worker were transplanted on them on Saturday.
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Chennai's 'Heart of Gold': 145 Transplants in 5 Years
Nine-year-old Mahalakshmi from Andhra Pradesh required a heart transplant last year.
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A Heart's 90-Min Journey From Pune to Mulund
Without the heart transplant, the 22-year-old was looking at barely two weeks of life, said Dr K R Balakrishnan, director of cardiac sciences at Fortis Malar Hospital, Chennai, who was the transplant specialist flown to Mumbai for the path-breaking surgery yesterday.
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Rare Day for Organ Donation in Chennai, 23 People Get New Lease of Life
They could be called champions of organ donation. Families of five brain-dead people donated their organs at the Apollo Hospitals in Chennai on Monday, thereby giving a fresh lease of life to 23 patients awaiting transplants of heart, kidneys, lungs and cornea.
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Russian Baby Gets New Heart in Chennai
A new lease of life for two-year-old Russian baby, Gleb, who's recovering well after a heart transplant in Chennai. His heart developed pumping problems when he was just a year old, due to a condition called Restrictive Cardiomyopathy. Now, a new heart beats in him, thanks to the heart of a brain-dead baby in Bangalore, whose parents donated the he...
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2-Year-Old's Heart Travels in 4 Hours From Bengaluru to Chennai
The heart of a two-year-old boy who died on Friday morning at a hospital in Bengaluru was successfully transplanted into another young child in Chennai. The heart was rushed from one city to another, all within the space of four hours.
-
How a Human Heart Was Rushed from Bangalore to Chennai
Green corridors to facilitate organ transport used to be a phenomenon that happens in foreign countries. But not any more. Today, a heart was sent from Bangalore to Chennai in record time - thanks to green corridors on both sides.
-
Reverse Brain Drain: Indian Doctors Come Home to Medical Tourism Hub
One of the multitude of Indian emigrant doctors, Paul Ramesh moved to Britain in the 1990s, keen to get the best surgical training and earn a generous pay packet. Today he is still treating Westerners -- but in hospital beds back in Chennai, his south Indian hometown in Tamil Nadu state.
-
US national undergoes successful heart transplant
Sixty-five-year-old US citizen Ronald Lemmer's heart is expected to beat for India after his successful heart transplant operation in Chennai.He is the first American and the oldest person to undergo a heart transplant in India."The US doctors said that my husband would not survive if operated in India. We checked with an Indian doctor who is our f...
