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7th CAST meet in India
The 7 th CAST congress was held successfully at New Delhi, from 2 nd to 6 th March 2002. It was a landmark meeting and the first Asian Transplant meet to be held in India. Despite all the problems...
Read MoreBangalore Committee to look into loopholes in the “THO” Act
A three-member committee has been constituted in Bangalore to take a closer look at the loopholes in the "Transplantation of Human Organs" Act, with special emphasis on the section that deals with or...
Read MoreConvergence of Organ Donation Movement
BY - SURESH GUPTAN, MUMBAI THE EYE BANKING EXPERIENCE The Eye Bank Association of India (EBAI) set up in 1989 had an early start in efforts to create a seamless national movement to promote...
Read MoreDonor Shortage in the UK
The figure speak for themselves a drop of 13% in the number of organ transplants for the first half of the year 2002 as compared to a similar period in 2001. According to UK Transplant, a total of 11...
Read MoreHuman Cloning – to be or not to be
The Bioethics Council appointed by President Bush of the USA to make recommendations to help resolve the ongoing debate on human cloning in the US has come out in support of a 4-year moratorium on th...
Read MoreLighting up People’s Lives
This is the true story of a young boy who died when he was only 16, but who has touched the lives of many in a truly remarkable way-by giving them life. It also brings to light the greatness of a fam...
Read MoreLow Organ Donation rates in Canada
Misconceptions about organ donation have contributed in no small measure to organ donor rates lagging behind in Canada as compared to the United States and Spain. Although, the public in general is n...
Read MoreMaking Cadaver Organ transplantation a reality – the Zonal Transplant Co-ordination center, Mumbai
By – Dr. (SMT.) Vatsala Trivedi, Mumbai The Government of India passed the Transplantation of Human Organs Act (TOHA 1994) in 1994 July and it was enforced in State of Maharashtra in Feb,1...
Read MoreMOHAN Foundation at Hyderabad
The cadaver organ donation and transplant movement in Hyderabad will now have a new entrant in the field with MOHAN starting its office there. Mrs. Lalitha Raghuram, who has played a key role in the ...
Read MoreMoney holds Center stage in Transplants in Kerala & Andhra Pradesh
Two more states are in the limelight for transplantations, but for the wrong reason which is money. In Kerala, the two hospitals in the dock are Baby Memorial Hospital and the National Hospital in Ko...
Read MoreOlympic Medal Win for Organ Transplant Recipient
Putting organ transplant recipients on the sporting map, with an Olympic Medal no less, was Chris Klug, a member of US Winter Olympics Team. Chris, 29, won the bronze medal in the men's parallel gian...
Read MoreOrgan Registry for Cadaver Transplants initiated in INOS Hospitals
MOHAN FOUNDATION has initiated an organ sharing registry. This can be accessed on www.mohanfoundation.org/inos.This registry in the first phase is being implemented in INOS group of hospitals in Tami...
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