Published on October 20, 2023 AHMEDABAD: India's youngest organ donor-the four-day-old boy who died even before his parents could formally name him-lives on despite his very brief tryst with life. A day after his brain death, his kidneys were transplanted in a 13-year-old girl and a 15-year-old boy on Thursday at Institute of Kidney Diseases … Continue reading Four-day-old’s kidneys give life to 13 and 15-year-old children
Lifelong bond through a donated liver
Published on August 30, 2023 AHMEDABAD: Kamini Patel, a resident of Anand, got a brother in Surat-based Bhupendra Vatnala. The two are connected by a liver donation by Vatnala's family after his father was declared brain-dead in 2014. The families are connected today beyond Rakshabandhan and participate even in each other's rituals during marriages."My father … Continue reading Lifelong bond through a donated liver
Rajasthan youth gets Ahmedabad man’s hand, his sister’s rakhi too!
Published on August 30, 2023 AHMEDABAD: Jagdev Singh, 23, a resident of Sriganganagar in Rajasthan, recently received a package from Ahmedabad carrying rakhi from his 'didi' who has been sending him Raksha for the past two years.A hand of fate brought the two together after the hands of the Ahmedabad girl's brother were donated to … Continue reading Rajasthan youth gets Ahmedabad man’s hand, his sister’s rakhi too!
At the giving end: Most living kidney donors are women
Published on April 15, 2023 AHMEDABAD: Gender disparity stood out starkly in the data shared by Indian Society of Organ Transplantation (ISOT) at a national conference on Friday — for chronic kidney diseases, against one female patient, there are 2.3 male patients.The ratio increases to 1:3 in the dialysis stage, 1:4 in the wait list … Continue reading At the giving end: Most living kidney donors are women
Gujarat woman’s hands transplanted in Tamil Nadu man
Published on August 2, 2022 Ahmedabad: The delicate hands of a 26-year old woman who worked as an office executive in Ahmedabad have been transplanted in an diploma engineer in Tamil Nadu who used to run a fabrication workshop where he lost both his limbs to electric burns. This is one of the handful of … Continue reading Gujarat woman’s hands transplanted in Tamil Nadu man
Gujarat: 70% of last year’s organ donation level achieved
Published on July 11, 2021 AHMEDABAD: In the past one and a half months, the state recorded more than seven donations of organs retrieved from cadavers. While the cadaver donation was hit by Covid-19 in 2020, the entire year had recorded 36 such donations. In comparison, the first six months of 2021 have witnessed 25 … Continue reading Gujarat: 70% of last year’s organ donation level achieved
‘Kidney transplant from recovered coronavirus patients safe’
Published on February 21, 2021 AHMEDABAD: Can potential kidney donors continue with the process if they contract Covid-19 infection? What are the chances of viral infection spread in the recipient even though the donor has recovered from the pandemic? One of the first studies across India to assess the success rate of kidney transplants from … Continue reading ‘Kidney transplant from recovered coronavirus patients safe’
Gujarat to have website for cadaver organ donation
Published on February 1, 2020 AHMEDABAD: A year after setting up the State Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization (SOTTO), Gujarat will now launch a dedicated website for coordination of cadaver organ donation. Dr Jayanti Ravi, principal secretary, health, informed the same on Friday to participants of the 3rd roundtable on organ donation organized by The … Continue reading Gujarat to have website for cadaver organ donation
Cadaver organs saved three every week
Published on January 28, 2020 On January 27 in 2019, the state health department had issued a general resolution (GR) outlining rules for State Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization (SOTTO), joining the ranks of 10-odd Indian states with such a mechanism in place. SOTTO officials said that a total of 171 organs were transplanted from … Continue reading Cadaver organs saved three every week
Online repository of donors up & running
Publication date: March 3, 2020 Ahmedabad: From March 1, Gujarat joined the handful of Indian states having online system of updating the brain stem dead patients across hospitals. The move is aimed to promote cadaver organ donation. Senior state health department officials had announced during the third roundtable on organ donation organized by The Times … Continue reading Online repository of donors up & running
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