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Beating the Odds - The Government General Hospital experience
It is now February 2011 and it has been exactly a year since MOHAN Foundation signed an MoU with the Government General Hospital Chennai to place its grief counselors there. The presence of our train...
Read MoreBritain's chief rabbi's stand on organ donation raises concerns
Close on the heels of the organ donation debate stirred in Israel by Avi Cohen's demise, comes another equally intense debate in Britain. Lord Jonathan Sacks, the chief rabbi of Orthodox Jews in Lond...
Read MoreFamous Carnatic vocalist Sudha Ragunathan pledges to donate organs
Famous Carnatic vocalist Padma Shri Sudha Ragunathan, the founder trustee of Samudhaaya Foundation, and her family took a pledge to donate their organs on the occasion of her Guru M L asanthaku...
Read MoreOrgan Donor Debate in Israel
Israeli football icon, Avi Cohen's death following a motorcycle accident in December 2010 has sparked an intense debate about organ donation in the Jewish state. The 54 year old Cohen was declared...
Read MoreSkin Bank to be established in Chennai
A skin and tissue bank will be established at the King Institute in Guindy, Chennai, at a cost of Rs.6 crore to treat burn injury victims. This announcement was made by Mr. V.K. Subburaj, Principal ...
Read MoreStatistics of Deceased Organ Donation & Transplantation In India
MAHARASTRA Source: Zonal Transplantation Coordinator Centre (ZTCC) 1997-January 2011 ...
Read MoreSuccessful liver transplants at Government Stanley Hospital, Chennai
The government Stanley Hospital in Chennai celebrated the second anniversary of the hospital's first successful liver transplantation in January 2011. The director of the Institute of Surgical Gastro...
Read MoreTake 2, 2nd Chance, Life
6th World Organ Donation Day falls on 27th November 2010. MOHAN Foundation organized a special curtainraiser event to mark this special day- an intercollegiate Short film & Ad spot competition, &...
Read MoreTieCon “Social Entrepreneur of the Year” Award
Dr. Sunil Shroff, Managing Trustee, MOHAN Foundation was awarded the “Social Entrepreneur of the Year 2010” Award by TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) for his contribution to the cause of ent...
Read MoreTransplant Coordinators’ One Week Training Program - KEM Hospital, Mumbai
Zonal Transplant Coordination Centre (ZTCC), Mumbai, in collaboration with MOHAN Foundation organized a one week Transplant Coordinators' Training Programme at KEM Hospital, Mumbai, in December 2010....
Read MoreVoice Box Transplant
Brenda Charett Jensen, 52, underwent a rare voice box transplant in October 2010 - only the second surgery of its kind performed in the U.S.A. She damaged her vocal cords more than a decade ago after...
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