Indian Transplant Newsletter.Vol. 15 Issue No.: 47 (Mar 2016–Jun 2016)

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Amruta Fadnavis pledges organs on Maharashtra Organ Donation Day

In a move to boost deceased organ donations in the state, Amruta Fadnavis, wife of Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, expressed her wish to spread awareness on the issue. Mrs. Fadnavis, wh...

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Awards - Dr. Ravi Wankhede presented Annual Exemplary Humanitarian Award by Rotary Club of Nasik West

The Rotary Club of Nasik West invited Dr. Ravi Wankhede, Head of MOHAN Foundation, Nagpur Centre and presented him with the Annual Exemplary Humanitarian Award for the year 2015-16 for his work on sp...

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Awards - MOHAN Foundation receives the Golden Mikes Awards for ‘’Best use of Radio’’

MOHAN Foundation won the Gold Trophy at the Golden Mikes Radio Advertising Awards for the "Best use of Radio" for its campaign titled "Dil Deke Dekho" with 91.1 Radio City. The campaign was run in De...

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Awards - Mrs. Bhavna Jagwani - a champion for the cause of organ donation gets recognition in Rajasthan

Mrs. Bhavna Jagwani, Convener, MOHAN Foundation – Jaipur Citizen Forum (MFJCF) was honoured with the “RAJMATA GAYATRI DEVI WOMEN’S EXCELLENCE AWARD.” The award was given in th...

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Chief Minister of Goa keen to implement Deceased Donation and Transplantation Programme in the state

At the Kidney Update 2016 meeting on 17th April 2016 in Panjim, Goa the Chief Minister Mr. Laxmikant Parsekar of Goa expressed his keen desire to implement Deceased Donation and Transplantation Progr...

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Deceased organ donation and transplantation in Kolkata after a four year lull

Up until 28th June 2016, West Bengal had just one deceased organ donor whose two kidneys were transplanted to patients at SSKM Hospital and Belle Vue Clinic in 2012. But the family of Mrs. Sovona Sar...

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Deceased Organ Donation Rate in India

Year Pmp* 2012 0.16 2013 0.26 2014 0.34 2015 0.5 Per million popula...

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Donation and Transplantation Global Leadership Symposium held in California, USA

The Donation and Transplantation Global Leadership Symposium (GLS) in Del Mar, California, USA from 22nd to 26th May 2016 was attended by Dr. Sunil Shroff, Managing Trustee, MOHAN Foundation. It was ...

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Donor Story from Puducherry - Mr. Sudhakar - Deceased organ donor from Puducherry

Mr. Sudhakar, 30 years old, son of Mr. Ganapathy, hailed from Paradapattu, Villupuram, Tamil Nadu. He completed his diploma and was engaged full time as an agriculturist taking care of his fields. He...

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Donor Story from UK - James Donaldson - An Officer and a Gentleman...and a Hero

“James was an officer and hopefully a gentleman,” said Carol Donaldson with a slight smile. She was talking about her 26-year-old son, James Donaldson, who died in a motorbike accident in...

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Ethical, Legal and Psychosocial Aspects of Transplantation (ELPAT) – A Unique Organ Transplantation Conference

ELPAT is a movement that strives to look at new developments in the field of ethical, legal and psychosocial aspects of organ transplantation. It is an offshoot body of the European Society of Organ ...

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ISOT Midterm Meeting - Midterm meeting of Indian Society of Organ Transplantation (ISOT) on Standardising Transplant Care and Making it Affordable

A two day conference on Standardising Transplant Care and Making it Affordable was held on 24th & 25th June 2016 at Fortune Park JP Celestial, Bengaluru. The meeting was conducted under the aegis...

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Odisha government gears itself for deceased organ donation programme

SCB Medical College, Department of Nephrology and Renal transplantation, Cuttack, Odisha has performed 100 kidney transplantations so far. They started transplants in April 2012, and completed 100 on...

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The heart of a deceased donor from Pune beats in Delhi

The heart of a 23-year-old young man from Pune now beats in a 24-year-old man in Delhi. This was because of the generosity of the family from Pune who donated not one, but six organs of the young man...

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Training Programme - Under the aegis of NOTTO, MOHAN Foundation conducted the second joint Transplant Coordinators’ Training Programme at the NOTTO Office

Under the aegis of the National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization (NOTTO), MOHAN Foundation conducted the second joint Transplant Coordinators’ Training Programme at the NOTTO Office, S...

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Training Programme - Under the aegis of NOTTO, MOHAN Foundation in partnership with Fortis Organ Retrieval & Transplant (FORT) conducted a Transplant Coordinators’ Training Programme

Under the aegis of NOTTO, MOHAN Foundation in partnership with Fortis Organ Retrieval & Transplant (FORT) conducted a Transplant Coordinators’ Training Programme at Fortis Memorial Researc...

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Visit to UK - Going places with NHS Blood and Transplant, UK!

Dr. Sumana Navin, Course Director, MOHAN Foundation was invited as an observer for the Deceased Donation Course for Intensive Care Medicine (ICM) trainees in Nottingham by Dr. Dale Gardiner, Deputy N...

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