Chandigarh: If all goes well, PGI’s department of telemedicine will soon start using drones for transportation of organs, besides delivering medicines at remote and tough terrain of Himachal Pradesh. This will do away with the compulsion to transport retrieved organs within a 20km radius and the need for a green corridor. The aerial radius of … Read more
Jan. 10, 2022 In a groundbreaking operation that offers hope to people waiting for organ transplants, the heart of a genetically modified pig has been transplanted into a 57-year-old man who had end-stage heart disease. The patient, David Bennett Sr., received the heart on Friday at the University of Maryland Medical Center. In a news … Read more
Over the past decade, organ donation rates have risen more than tenfold across the country. (Photo source: IE) By Dr Sonal Asthana, Did you know that organ donation from one donor can save eight lives and provide tissues that can help almost 50 people? Organ donation is one of the greatest contributions to humanity. It … Read more
Only about 25,000 transplants are done annually in case of Corneas against a requirement of 1 lakh. (Image credit: Dr Sanjith Saseedharan) By Dr Sanjith Saseedharan World Organ Donation Day significance: With pan -India deceased organ donation rate at 0.34 per million population which is the lowest in the world, India is lagging not only … Read more
By Sarah Collins HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, April 8, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A few days after his 74th birthday, Don Stivers received his dream gift — a new heart. “I was born with a very lousy heart,” he explained. “Growing up, I decided I was going to overcome it and go to the Olympics and … Read more
WEDNESDAY, March 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Robert Chelsea needed a new face, having lost most of his in a horrific Los Angeles traffic accident years ago. But Chelsea is Black, and the process to give him the first-ever face transplant wound up posing novel challenges for his doctors, according to a new report. It … Read more