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No such thing as goodbye: A teacher’s family shares why they donated her organs after death
By Shara Ashraf Prayag
UPDATED ON JAN 03, 2021 11:59 AM IST
Even in her death, primary school teacher Syed Rafath Parveen could save four lives. Her family volunteered to donate her organs. They wanted her to live on forever through this act of compassion, they say.
Covid takes its toll on organ donations in 2020
Hindustan Times, Pune | By Namrata Devikar
PUBLISHED ON DEC 28, 2020 04:35 PM IST
The total number of transplants done in 2020, till December 24 stood at 79, even as experts note that there is more awareness among families
Maharashtra Governor asks varsities to spread awareness on organ donation
Mumbai | By Press Trust of India| Posted by Akhilesh Nagari
UPDATED ON AUG 13, 2020 11:48 AM IST
Koshyari has asked vice chancellors of universities in the state to create awareness about organ donation among students, teachers, staff and the general public from Thursday till August 20, a press release issued by the Raj Bhavan here on Wednesday said.
Riteish Deshmukh, Genelia Deshmukh pledge to donate organs on Doctor’s Day, say ‘no better gift than the gift of life’
New Delhi | By Asian News International| Posted by Ruchi Kaushal
UPDATED ON JUL 02, 2020 08:37 AM IST
Riteish Deshmukh and wife Genelia Deshmukh shared a video on Doctor’s Day on Wednesday in which they can be seen pledging to donate their organs.
Three-day boy gifts life to 21-year-old woman at PGIMER Chandigarh
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | By Amanjeet Singh Salyal, Chandigarh
UPDATED ON FEB 21, 2020 01:20 AM IST
The small size of the kidneys did not matter as the organs were expected to grow as they would in the donor.
At AIIMS, organs of two brain dead donors save 7 lives in 48 hours
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON FEB 23, 2020 08:36 PM IST
The two hearts, four kidneys, two livers, four corneas and bones of a 26-year-old man from Kashganj in Uttar Pradesh, and a 61-year-old Delhi man have already been transplanted.
52-year-old gives new lease of life to liver patient from Satara
By Rupsa Chakraborty, Mumbai
UPDATED ON JAN 28, 2020 06:17 PM IST
PGIMER Chandigarh adjudgedbest in promoting cadaveric donation
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | By HT Correspondent, Chandigarh
UPDATED ON DEC 01, 2019 01:59 AM IST
Union health and family welfare minister Dr Harsh Vardhan presented the award at an event organised to celebrate the 10th Indian Organ Donation Day at the Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi on Saturday.
Punjab tops in donation of cadavers to PGI in five years
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | By Amanjeet Singh Salyal, Chandigarh
UPDATED ON NOV 28, 2019 06:22 AM IST
Of the 156 donations received by the institute in the last five years, 64 were from Punjab, and 36 each were received from Himachal Pradesh and Haryana. Eleven donations were received from Chandigarh. As many as five donations were received from Uttar Pradesh and one each from Uttarakhand, Assam, Bihar and Rajasthan.
Brain-dead man’s organs give life to four at PGI
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | By HT Correspondent, Chandigarh
UPDATED ON SEP 20, 2019 01:31 AM IST
Two terminally ill renal failure patients get kidneys while two other receive eye corneas
49-yr-old woman gives new lease of life to terminally ill
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | By HT Correspondent, Chandigarh
UPDATED ON SEP 16, 2019 12:49 AM IST
Kidneys of Surinderjit Kaur Bhatia, a resident of Morinda, Rupnagar, who was declared brain dead on September 13 at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, were donated to two patients
5th heart transplant at PGIMER saves 50-year-old
By HT Correspondent, Chandigarh
PUBLISHED ON SEP 02, 2019 12:40 AM IST
Liver and kidneys harvested from a 23-year-old brain-dead Kurali man also give new lease of life to three other recipients
Punjab records 19% jump in eye donations
Hindustan Times, Ludhiana | By Amarpal Singh
UPDATED ON AUG 13, 2019 05:55 AM IST
The department collected over 1,517 corneas in 2018-19 (April 1 to March 31); in 2017-18, the number was 1,274, which was just 1.3% increase over the 2016-17 figure of 1,257.
Brain-dead Pune woman gives new lease of life to three persons
Pune | By HT Correspondent
PUBLISHED ON JUN 02, 2019 10:16 AM IST
The woman from Pune was declared brain dead after she met with an accident while riding her two-wheeler on Shankar Sheth road at 11 pm on May 28.
Happy Mother’s Day 2019: Mothers share their stories of organ donation
Hindustan Times, Delhi | By Prerna Gauba
UPDATED ON MAY 13, 2019 01:44 PM IST
Mother’s Day Special : Women, who donated organs to their ill children, share their experience from pain to hope and illness to health.
Create centralised software to curb illegal organ donation: HC
By HT Correspondent
PUBLISHED ON MAY 10, 2019 02:30 AM IST
It said the software will “take care of applications for approval, curb illegalities and ensure transparency”.
An organ donation awareness event by MOHAN Foundation amidst Sufi music by Nizami Bandhu
Hindustan Times, Delhi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON MAR 07, 2019 01:45 PM IST
The Sufi singers, Nizami Bandhu, best-known for the song, Kun Faya Kun regaled audiences with their soulful music at an event organised by the MOHAN foundation in New Delhi recently.
22-year-old accident victim from Pune gives lease of life to four
Hindustan Times, Pune | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON FEB 25, 2019 04:27 PM IST
A kidney and the heart was transported to the Ruby Hall Clinic, the liver was donated to the Sahyadri Hospital. The other kidney was donated to a 35-year-old patient at the Jehangir Hospital
Pune No.1 in Maharashtra for successful heart transplants
Hindustan Times, Pune | By Nozia Sayyed
UPDATED ON FEB 09, 2019 04:24 PM IST
15 heart transplants were conducted in Pune in the last two years as against five in Mumbai
Brain-dead woman gives new lease of life to 5
Mumbai | By HT Correspondent
PUBLISHED ON DEC 31, 2018 03:04 PM IST
The donor, a housewife, was admitted to a local nursing home on December 28 after she suddenly collapsed at her residence.
17-year-old in Pune donates brain-dead mother’s organs, saves five lives
Hindustan Times, Pune | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON DEC 19, 2018 04:43 PM IST
The 38-year-old patient from Karvenagar was admitted to Columbia Asia Hospital in Pune’s Kharadi after she suffered severe brain haemorrhage and was declared brain dead on December 14.
High-risk donor hearts linked to better patient survival rates
Hindustan Times | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON OCT 31, 2018 02:03 PM IST
High-risk donor hearts need not influence the outcome of the transplant and can actually have better outcomes, says a new study.
Kolkata records second organ donation in six days
By HT Correspondent, Kolkata
UPDATED ON AUG 25, 2018 06:25 AM IST
The surgery to transplant Aditi Sinha’s liver on Chandi Charan Ghosh, 52, a resident of Nadia district, started at 5 am on Thursday at state-run SSKM Hospital and continued for more than seven hours.
UK plans to change law for organ donation to address urgent need among Indian-origin people
London | By Press Trust of India
UPDATED ON AUG 05, 2018 12:22 PM IST
The announcement comes as a recent report called on the National Health Service to take more proactive action to address the high death rate among Indian-origin people in Britain due to low levels of organ donation within the community.
Only 10 to 15% donated lungs are fit for transplant
Hindustan Times | By Aayushi Pratap, Mumbai
UPDATED ON JUN 24, 2018 12:25 AM IST
Smoking among donors can make the lungs unfit for the transplant
Family donates 87-year-old’s skin to Mumbai hospital for burn injury patients
Hindustan Times | By Ram Parmar, Mumbai
UPDATED ON JUN 12, 2018 02:19 PM IST
Park in Kota spreads awareness on organ donation
Hindustan Times, Kota | By Aabshar H Quazi
UPDATED ON MAY 16, 2018 10:33 PM IST
The ‘Angadaan Dehdaan Park’ set up near Teenbatti Chauraha in Kota.
Heart transplants picking up in India, 10-fold increase since 2016
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Anonna Dutt, New Delhi
UPDATED ON MAY 10, 2018 08:45 PM IST
There have been nearly 300 heart transplantations across India in two years, according to data provided by the National Organ and Tissue Transplantation Organisation.
The Bollywood effect: Organ donation pledges in India jump 16500% in two years!
Hindustan Times | By Henna Rakheja, New Delhi
UPDATED ON MAY 08, 2018 05:17 PM IST
As stars such as Aamir Khan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Priyanka Chopra, Salman Khan, and Sonakshi Sinha get involved, organ donation campaigns get a huge boost — with numbers to match.
Kerala issues brain death certification guidelines, first state to do so
Hindustan Times, Thiruvananthapuram | By HT Correspondent, Thiruvananthapuram
UPDATED ON APR 08, 2018 06:29 PM IST
According to the standard procedure, a medical board comprising four doctors will be authorised to declare a patient brain dead. The process will help further streamline organ donations.
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