By Vikram Singh The Indian healthcare industry has a distinct terrain. On the one hand, fast digitization and technology changes are reshaping the urban healthcare landscape. Large swaths of the rural population, on the other hand, live in difficult-to-reach locations with no access to even primary healthcare facilities. According to statistics, 70% of India’s population … Read more
At the time, many questioned whether the baby boy was really wanted or merely “created as a medical commodity” to save his sister? Many also wondered if it would lead to eugenics or “designer babies“?The debate was renewed in 2010 when Britain reported its first saviour sibling. Source link
A couple, who conceived another child through IVF specifically to save their thalassemic son’s life, succeeded in its efforts after their one-year-old daughter donated her bone marrow to her sibling. She was literally born to save. The one-year-old saved her brother’s life by donating her bone marrow, as per a report in news agency PTI. … Read more