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“Organ-a-thon” – A bike-a-thon for organ donation awareness
The journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step. MOHAN Foundation has been striving over the past decade to involve people from different walks of life to join it in its journey to create a...
Read More“Restored” living donor kidneys used for Transplantation
The eternal shortage of organs for transplantation means that all avenues to utilise a donated organ should be explored. Mannami M et al. (2008) have investigated one such avenue (as reported in the ...
Read MoreA winner all the way!
Kidney transplants can signal a return to an absolutely normal life and that was amply demonstrated at Euro 2008 by 28-yearold Ivan Klasnic. He not only returned to playing top class football just ov...
Read MoreBuddhism and Organ Donation
Continuing our series on religion and organ donation, we present here a compilation of views on Buddhism and organ donation. Buddhists believe organ donation is a personal decision and...
Read MoreCadaver Organ Donation Activity (January - June 2008)
CHENNAI VELLORE HYDERABAD KIDNEY 9 8 16 EYE 8 6 18 HEA...
Read MoreCorporate initiatives on organ donation
The HCL Experience - a special feature on the organ donation initiative by HCL Technologies, Chennai. The buzzword is corporate social responsibility; but it hasn’t been just words, but wo...
Read MoreCourage under fire
For Mr. S. Murali, a retired airman of the Indian Air Force, and his wife, M. Sivakumari, facing up to the death of their six-year-old son, M. Sivakumar was the ultimate test of courage. While at hom...
Read MoreExcerpts of proposed amendments in transplantation of Human Organs Act
The Union Parliament had enacted the Transplantation of Human Organs Act (THOA) in 1994 and the Act came into force in February, 1995. The main purpose of the Act is to regulate the removal, storage ...
Read MoreKidney Transplants in Bangladesh
Bangladesh’s kidney transplant programme has been active for over five years and they have done close to 400 kidney transplants. More recently the country accepted brain death legisla...
Read MorePresumed consent or mandated choice to overcome organ shortage
The global organ shortage is a crisis, but is it a crisis with a cure? Some countries believe- it is. To overcome the problem of organ shortage many countries have used “Presumed consent”...
Read MoreThe altruistic kidney donor chain
It is the brainchild of University of Toledo’s Dr. Michael Rees; he describes it as the gift that keeps on giving…..meet the never-ending altruistic donor. Dr. Rees says the real challen...
Read MoreTurning tragedy into triumph
Lalitha Dharmalingam’s family could not have forerseen that a routine evening walk could turn into a tragedy. Lalitha, a resident of Peerkankaranai, Chennai, was hit by an autorickshaw on 17th ...
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