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“Green Corridor” in Mangaluru
In a first for the coastal city of Mangaluru in Karnataka, city traffic police on 13th April 2015 created a “Green Corridor” to facilitate the transport of a brain dead donor’s hear...
Read More29th Transplant Coordinators’ Training Programme held in Chennai
Many ‘firsts’ were achieved at the 29th Transplant Coordinators’ Training Programme held in Chennai in May 2015. A heart transplant recipient underwent training. There was int...
Read MoreBritain’s Youngest Organ Donor
The parents of Britain’s youngest organ donor, Teddy Houlston, have spoken about how they made the difficult decision to donate their son’s kidneys when he died after living for just 100 ...
Read MoreCampaign on Organ Donation (CORD) launched in Delhi
A new initiative, Campaign on Organ Donation (CORD), was launched by Saroj Super Speciality Hospital in collaboration with MOHAN Foundation and ORGAN India in Delhi in June 2015. The initiative aims ...
Read MoreDeceased donation rate in India doubles in the last two years
Deceased donation transplamtation in india is now gradually moving forward. In the last two years we have seen the doubling of the decesased donation rate from 196 donors in 2012 or 0.16per million ...
Read MoreDr. APJ Abdul Kalam presents Health Care Award to Mrs. Malathi Venkatesan
Bharat Ratna Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, former President of India presented the Shanmukhananda Ruby Jubilee Health Care Award to Mrs. Malathi Venkatesan, Trustee MOHAN Foundation and TANKER Foundation, on ...
Read MoreDr. Vijayanand Palaniswamy – He is a marvel!
Dr. Vijayanand Palaniswamy, 38, could well be a Superhero himself – much like the Marvel comics Superheroes that he so admires and watches with his 11-year-old son. So move over Iro...
Read MoreFive deceased donors give new lease of life to 23 patients in record time in Chennai
It took 36 hours for three medical teams at Apollo Hospitals, Chennai to retrieve 23 organs from five brain-dead donors and transplant them in 10 patients in the hospital, setting a record of s...
Read MoreIs Human Head Transplant possible?
The first human head transplant could take place in just two years, according to Italian surgeon Sergio Canavero, from the Turin Advanced Neuromodulation Group. He claims the procedure to graft a liv...
Read MoreMaharashtra Organ Donation Day celebrated
On the occasion of Maharashtra Organ Donation Day on 27th March 2015, the municipal commissioner of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Mr. Sitaram Kunte pledged to donate his organs. Other gues...
Read MoreOne Week Transplant Coordinators’ Training Programme in Gurgaon
MOHAN Foundation in partnership with FORT (Fortis Organ Retrieval & Transplant) successfully conducted a one week Transplant Coordinators’ Training Programme from April 7-11, 2015 at Fortis...
Read MoreRajasthan felicitates the families of deceased donors in the state
In a unique initiative, MOHAN Foundation – Jaipur Citizen Forum’s (MFJCF) team Navjeevan organised a special programme ‘Navjeevan Ka Ankur’ to felicitate the state’s dec...
Read MoreWorld’s first penis transplant patient to become a father
A 22-year-old South African man who had the world’s first successful penis transplant in December 2014 is all set to become a father. He has impregnated his girlfriend, doctors said in June thi...
Read MoreWorld’s first scalp and skull transplant performed in USA
Mr. James Boysen, 55, a software developer from Austin, Texas, underwent the world’s first scalp and skull transplant on May 22, 2015 at Houston Methodist Hospital, Texas, USA. Surgical teams f...
Read MoreZoya Rana… Evershining Star
Zoya Rana, a 21-year-old student pursuing a degree in Fine Arts in Mumbai had come to Nagpur, her hometown, for a short holiday. Little did she or her family know that this would be her last and fina...
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