Four years after a committee set up on the directions of the Delhi High Court submitted its report on suggesting a review of the Transplantation of Human Organs Act, 1994, the proposed amendments will come up before the Union Cabinet for approval on Thursday.
LUCKNOW: Epidemiological studies show that 1-2% of the total Indian population is a carrier of Hepatitis B. This makes a large chunk of these carriers vulnerable to cirrhosis and cancers of liver. Transplant is perhaps the only way to save these lives. These facts were shared by Dr M Rela, chief liver transplant surgeon, Kings College Hospital London in an interview with TOI.
Washington: Scientists claim to have made a major breakthrough which could stop patients rejecting organ transplants, without using immunosuppressants.
An international team, led by the Garvan Institute of Medical Research, has in fact discovered a method of adjusting the immune system for just long enough to receive a tissue transplant and accept it as
60 organs have given a fresh lease of life to 59 persons
CHENNAI: Between October 2008 and mid-March 2009, Tamil Nadu overshot the rest of the country in terms of the total number of cadaver organ donations. Simultaneously, a record number of organs harvested from these cadavers have also put the State right on top of the list.
Shimla: Himachal resident Dr D.S. Rana, chairman of department of nephrology at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, has been awarded the Padmashri for his distinguished services in the field of medicine in the country and rural areas of Himachal Pradesh.
Mumbai Just as nephrologists were beginning to believe that the organ transplant programme was gaining momentum-considering a splendid performance in the first month of the year by the city
