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Transplant waiting list only gets longer

For many, life continues to be hard as they wait on the organ donation transplant waiting list. Not being able to access a life-saving organ transplant is not the case the entirety of the time. The family of a brain-dead man in Maharashtra gave doctors the go-ahead to donate his organs, offering hope to patients …

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Five kidneys after third kidney transplant

The Madras Medical Mission College in the Tamil Nadu state capital Chennai performed a kidney transplant for a 41-year-old man – the third time he has undergone such a procedure. Reports indicate that the man, who is said by surgeons to be recovering well, experienced kidney failure aged twelve and subsequently underwent his first kidney …

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Kidney transplant for Jharkhand teen a feel-good story – albeit belying a national crisis

Few would dispute that the COVID-19 pandemic is a time where feel-good stories are beneficial for the mind and soul. The story of Nikhit Nischhal is, in a number of respects, such a story. The teenage boy, at the top of his class in school, is to avail a kidney transplant courtesy of the Jharkhand …

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Kidney disease and quality of life

Recent studies have indicated that even the earliest stages of chronic kidney disease (CKD) can have significant impacts on quality of life.  Across India, the burden of kidney disease lacks precise definition and is often neglected in favour of persistent challenges posed by communicable diseases or more high-profile noncommunicable diseases such as heart disease cancer. …

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Trivedi: Transplant pioneer dead aged 87

Hargovind Laxmishanker Trivedi, one of India’s most respected doctors in the field of transplant medicine, passed away on Wednesday aged 87 in Ahmedabad. Trivedi had been struggling with Parkinson’s disease for more than two years and had been treated for liver and neurological illnesses over a period of several months, two-and-a-half of which necessitated that …

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Organ donation: needed so badly a black market thrives

A 39-year-old who tragically died as a result of a car accident has potentially saved the lives of six other individuals through his donated organs. Could the man’s loss and the lives he saved prove an inspiration to Indian to donate their own organs following their deaths?   India faces considerable shortages of organ transplants …

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Kidney racket crackdown in Delhi

India has a considerable issue with illegal organ rackets. The issues stretch back years and have left many impoverished, rural villages being manipulated into providing kidney donations to gangs which sell off the organs to international buyers. On February 17th, a manhunt began for Dr Ketan Kaushik, a Delhi-based private practitioner who handled a kidney …

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New organ donation campaign to crack down on thriving black market

India’s kidney villages may be living on borrowed time. These desperately poor villages are preyed upon by organ traffickers who seek to buy kidneys from healthy but impoverished rural people. A nationwide awareness campaign aims to increase the number of legitimate organ donations in response to shortages in the country and to stop the booming …

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