Organ Donation
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Who gets your organs after you donate? Here's how organ matching works in India
Health | Aug 13, 2026, 04:01 PM ISTOn World Organ Donation Day 2026, understand what happens after an organ is donated in India. Experts explain how blood group, HLA compatibility, waiting lists and medical urgency determine who receives a donated organ.
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Army Chief Gen Upendra Dwivedi, his wife pledge to donate their organs, urge nation to join cause
India | Aug 20, 2025, 04:37 PM ISTGeneral Dwivedi asserted that changes have been made under the National Organ Donation and Allocation Programme, which now gives priority to female recipients and the families of donors during organ allocation.
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World Organ Donation Day 2025: How a nine-year-old Gujarat girl gave a new life to five others
India | Aug 13, 2025, 01:47 PM ISTWorld Organ Donation Day 2025: Riya, a nine-year-old girl from Gujarat's Valsad, was declared brain dead 11 months ago. But this did not demotivate her family, who decided to donate her organs after her demise.
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World Organ Donation Day 2025: What organs can a person donate and what is the process? Check here
Explainers | Aug 13, 2025, 11:23 AM ISTWorld Organ Donation Day 2025: World Organ Donation Day is observed on August 13 to commemorate the first successful organ transplant. In 1931, Ronald Lee Herrick became the first person to donate his organ when he donated one of his kidneys to his twin brother Richard.
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CM Mohan Yadav says state to give guard of honour during last rites of people who donate organs
Madhya Pradesh | Jul 01, 2025, 07:16 PM ISTMadhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav said the family members of these donors will also be honoured on the Republic Day or the Independence Day.
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IAF airlifts kidney, cornea from Bengaluru to Delhi; five lives saved through multi-organ donation
India | Jun 08, 2025, 09:03 AM ISTAccording to the IAF, one kidney and a cornea were flown from Bengaluru to Delhi and transplanted at the Army Hospital (Research & Referral).
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Govt employees to get 42 days of special casual leave for organ donation, says Centre
India | Apr 02, 2025, 02:48 PM IST"The government of India has provided a maximum of 42 days special casual leave to central government servants for donating their organ(s)," Union Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh said in a written reply to a question.
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Surat man becomes a boon to seven people, organs donated after being declared brain dead
Gujarat | Dec 20, 2024, 02:16 PM ISTHitesh Kachariya was suffering from brain swelling and haemorrhage and the doctors declared him brain dead six days after his admission into the hospital.
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Kidney to skin: 9 Organs that can be donated after death | Full list
Health | Dec 06, 2023, 12:25 PM ISTKidney transplantation is a common and highly successful procedure that significantly enhances the quality of life for those suffering from kidney failure.
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10-month-old infant dies during treatment, parents donate his organs to save two lives
India | Jul 21, 2023, 10:33 PM ISTThe parents of the infant said that the organ could save the lives of those in need, which is why they decided to donate. “We agreed to the organ donation because we knew this could help someone else and they wouldn't need to go through the heartache that we were going through," the parents said.
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Organs of Odisha man who was declared brain dead transplanted to 4 people in three different states
India | Jun 27, 2023, 06:56 PM ISTA team of 20 doctors successfully took out both the kidneys, lungs, and liver which were later transported to Cuttack, Kolkata, and Delhi and transplanted to needful people.
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Centre to grant THESE MANY days of special casual leave to its employees for organ donation | CHECK
India | Apr 27, 2023, 08:01 PM ISTKeeping in view the noble activity to help another human being and to promote organ donation among central government employees, it has now been decided to grant a maximum of 42 days of special casual leave.
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Delhi: Declared brain dead, 6-year-old boy gives life to 2 other children at AIIMS
Delhi | Apr 23, 2023, 06:13 PM ISTThe child was declared brain dead following a head injury.
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Gujarat: Cadaver of Muslim youth becomes saviour of three organ recipients at IKDRC institute
Gujarat | Mar 14, 2023, 07:35 PM ISTThe Cadaver of Muslim youth, who died in a road accident became saviour of three patients suffering from Kidney and Liver ailments at IKDRC.
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Soldier donates brain dead wife's bones to AIIMS Delhi for transplantation
Health | Dec 28, 2022, 11:49 AM ISTThe doctors also shared that because there is a lack of awareness and certain misconceptions about organ transplantations, people refrain from coming out for donations.
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Delhi: 55-year-old brain dead woman's organs save several lives
India | Aug 31, 2022, 08:46 AM ISTDelhi news: The deceased, Krishna, had gone for a morning walk on August 27. A local, who knew her, saw her lying unconscious by the road and informed her husband.
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World Organ Donation Day: Giving purpose to life, organ transplant changes fate of recipients
Lifestyle | Aug 13, 2022, 03:05 PM ISTFor many people battling life and death situations, Organ Donation is a boon, a chance at a second life and on World Organ Donation Day, we hope that no life is lost due to scarcity of organs.
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Requirement for organ donation will go up in coming days: Mansukh Mandaviya
India | Nov 28, 2021, 06:50 AM IST"With the current pace, a maximum of 3 percent requirement can be met. We need to make people aware, " he added.
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Let organ donation law become path breaker for communal harmony: Kerala High Court
India | Sep 01, 2021, 12:22 PM ISTIt also said that if a body is buried, it will rot and if cremated, it will turn into ash. However, if the organs are donated, it would give life and happiness to many.
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2 brain dead give life to eight in PGI Chandigarh
India | Aug 27, 2021, 08:54 AM ISTAshwani Kumar (54) a resident of Kaithal met with a road accident in his town on Aug 14 and was taken to Civil Hospital. As his condition worsened, Kumar was rushed to PGIMER on the same day.