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organ failure news

How extreme heat attacks your organs: WHO-backed steps to survive it

Extreme heat kills cells and strains organs. Here's what you should know. (ANI)
Published on May 22, 2026 09:43 pm IST

Zareen Khan pens emotional note on her mother's first birthday after her death

Zareen Khan shared a touching throwback video of her mother.
Updated on May 09, 2026 09:24 pm IST

PGIMER honors organ donor families for selfless courage

Through their selfless decisions, the donor families contributed to saving 52 patients. (HT File)
Published on Mar 15, 2026 04:14 am IST

Too few govt facilities: Organ failure patients paying 140% more at private facilities

As per government data, the private sector in Punjab performed 616 kidney and five liver transplants in 2024. (HT Photo)
Published on Sept 06, 2025 08:18 am IST

Prince Frederik of Luxembourg has died at age 22, royal family announces

Prince Frederik of Luxembourg has died at the age of 22.
Updated on Mar 10, 2025 02:13 pm IST

Ludhiana: Brain-dead man gives new lease of life to 2 at DMCH

The liver and one kidney were transplanted at DMCH, while the second kidney was allocated to another hospital in the state. (Getty image)
Published on Jan 17, 2025 10:59 pm IST

Chandigarh: 23-year-old brain dead youth’s organs save seven lives

The youth could not be revived after getting critically injured and was declared brain dead at PGIMER, Chandigarh, on January 1. (AFP)
Updated on Jan 16, 2024 09:10 am IST

Haemorrhagic fever behind 7 of Ludhiana’s 13 dengue-related deaths

Haemorrhagic fever was found to be the reason behind seven of Ludhiana’s 13 suspected dengue-related deaths. (HT File)
Updated on Nov 01, 2023 07:58 am IST

Chandigarh: Organs of 19-year-old boy saves life of three

The organs of a 19-year-old boy, who was declared brain dead following a fatal road accident, gave a new life to three organ failure patients who needed the transplants of heart, kidneys and liver to survive. (HT Files)
Updated on Jun 17, 2023 12:07 am IST

Tributes pour in on Jaitley’s first death anniversary

Arun Jaitley died of multiple organ failure on August 24,2019
Updated on Aug 24, 2020 10:54 am IST

Nishikant Kamat, director of Drishyam and Madaari, dies at 50 of multiple organ failure

Nishikant Kamat died on Monday.
Updated on Aug 17, 2020 07:11 pm IST

Crime Patrol, Sarbjit actor Ranjan Sehgal dies of multiple organ failure at 36

Ranjan Sehgal was seen on multiple TV shows.
Updated on Jul 12, 2020 07:19 pm IST

Prerna’s death means end of my dreams, says mentor of Chandigarh’s child rights ambassador

Neelam Sharma (left) and her student, 13-year-old Prerna Sharma, in happier times.
Updated on Feb 12, 2020 12:38 am IST

12-year-old girl among two dead due to dengue in Ludhiana

HT Image
Published on Oct 29, 2019 10:51 pm IST

Viju Khote funeral: Sister Shuba Khote, friends and family bid actor final farewell. See pics

Viju Khote funeral: The actor died of multiple organ failure on Monday. He was 77.
Updated on Sept 30, 2019 04:32 pm IST

Delhi man, suspected of killing partner, revealed his identity on death bed

Neetu Solanki’s father, Kartar Singh Solanki, alleged that the police have been hostile towards him and his wife since the early days of the probe, which he alleged was to “dissuade them from pursuing the case”.
Updated on Jun 28, 2019 10:00 am IST

Royal Bengal tiger in national park succumbs to cancer

The male tiger Yash.
Updated on May 30, 2019 01:44 pm IST

Bajirao, last captive white tiger at Mumbai’s national park, dies at 18

Bajirao was born in SGNP in 2001 to tigress Renuka and tiger Siddharth, both white tigers brought from Aurangabad Zoo in 1999.
Published on May 04, 2019 12:30 am IST

Chinese man who sold kidney to buy iPhone, iPad now bedridden

Wang Shangkun was 17 years old when he made the decision to undergo surgery and sell his right kidney in the black market to buy the Apple products.
Updated on Jan 16, 2019 07:42 pm IST

Brain-dead woman gives new lease of life to 5

family of a 51-year-old brain-dead woman from Kandivli gave a new lease of life to over five patients suffering from end-stage organ failure by consenting to donate her organs. (Representational Image)
Published on Dec 31, 2018 03:04 pm IST

World Sepsis Day 2018, here are common symptoms and effects of the disease

Sepsis causes six to nine million deaths worldwide every year, most of which are preventable.
Updated on Sept 13, 2018 09:07 am IST

Park in Kota spreads awareness on organ donation

Names of the organ and body donors will be written on the memorial at the park, so that visitors will be motivated for cadaver donations, he said, adding that around 4 lakh has been spent on the development of the park.
Updated on May 16, 2018 10:33 pm IST

Delhi’s dengue bluff: Just 4 died officially, but HT finds 19 in one locality

Family consoles Sadaf, mother of 14-year-old Abuzar suspected to have died of dengue in southeast Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh.
Updated on Aug 21, 2019 01:08 pm IST