Organ Donation
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Opinion | Organ donation laws are outdated, they need to be changed
India | June 10, 2021 15:15 ISTToday I want to salute the family members of a 46-year-old woman Kamini Patel from Surat, who was declared brain dead after a severe brain haemorrhage. In a benevolent act of humanity, the family members allowed organ harvesting from her body.
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Aaj Ki Baat: Seven patients in 3 states get new lease of life from dead Surat woman
Aaj Ki Baat | June 09, 2021 23:07 ISTJust before midnight on Sunday their prayers were answered when the family of a 46-year-old brain-dead woman from a Surat village decided to donate her organs. Kamini Patel, a resident Timbarva (Sankli) in Bardoli taluka, gave a new lease of life not only to the 31-year-old woman Covid-19 survivor from Maharashtra but also to six others.
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Surat: Brain dead girl saves lives of 3 persons through organ donation
India | March 14, 2020 20:58 ISTA 12-year-old girl from Surat, who succumbed to a head injury after suffering a fall from the fourth floor of a building this week, has turned a life saviour for three persons
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Tamil Nadu wants zero waiting list for recipients to get organs from brain dead donors
India | November 30, 2019 16:47 ISTThe Tamil Nadu government wished to achieve zero waiting list for organ recipients from brain dead donors, state health and family welfare minister C Vijaya Baskar said on Saturday.
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Where you die can affect your chance of being an organ donor
World | October 21, 2019 12:08 ISTHenry’s case illustrates troubling uncertainty in a transplant system run by government contractors that are under fire for letting potentially usable organs go to waste.
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3 people receive gift of life after organ donation at JIPMER
Health | January 31, 2018 20:38 ISTThe organs of one K Vijayakanth of Tiruvannamalai in neighbouring Tamil Nadu were transplanted to three persons after he was declared brain dead by doctors at JIPMER following a mishap on January 25
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14-month-old Somnath from Surat, the 'youngest organ donor in Western India', gives a new lease of life to two
Lifestyle | September 07, 2017 12:10 ISTThe 14-month-old toddler suffered a brain haemorrhage when he fell down the stairs while playing with his elder sister.
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Ahmedabad: Hindu family donates son's heart to save Muslim boy's life
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Indrani Mukerjea says she wants to donate organs, 75 per cent of property
India | December 22, 2016 23:53 ISTIndrani Mukerjea, a prime accused in the murder of daughter Sheena Bora on Thursday told a court here that she wanted to donate 75 per cent of her property, and also her organs. Judge
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‘Brain-dead’ welder’s family donates his organs to seven people
India | September 16, 2016 20:26 ISTIn a life giving act, a 25-year-old man’s family who was declared brain dead has decided to donate his vital organs to seven people in Kerala. Vishnu G Krishnan, a welder and sole breadwinner of
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A friend in need is a friend in deed, proves Delhi boy by donating organ to friend
India | June 23, 2016 17:01 ISTNew Delhi: One of life’s biggest hurdles is figuring out who your real friends are, but not in the case of Dhanraj. Dhanraj has been suffering from renal disease for the past three years and recently had to undergo dialysis for his survival. He was f
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New lease of life to four in three cities: dying Indore youth’s parting gift
India | April 29, 2016 9:55 ISTIndore/Delhi/Gurgaon: It was a blessing for four critically-ill patients getting their damaged organs transplanted across three cities as the city of Indore city offered life to them by preparing a Green Corridor for sending life
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Only one percent Indians donate organs: Experts
Lifestyle | August 10, 2015 8:57 ISTNew Delhi: Only one percent of Indians donate their organs after death while in western nations around 70-80 percent of the people pledge their organs, according to health experts.Experts say that every year 2,00,000 people
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18 month old saves two, becomes youngest deceased donor of the country
India | January 27, 2015 18:01 ISTNew Delhi: Gaurav, an 18-months-old child who suffered irrecoverable brain damage after falling from a height, has won hearts before dying, by donating his organs to save lives of two people.At the Institute of Liver
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Five people saved by 3-year-old organ donor
World | September 29, 2014 13:27 ISTBeijing: Five people in China are in stable condition after undergoing heart, liver, kidney and cornea transplants with organs donated by a three-year-old girl who died last week, doctors said Monday.The donor, Liu Jingyao from
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Dying friend inspired David Harewood
Hollywood | July 10, 2013 7:44 ISTLondon, July 10: Actor David Harewood says he decided to become an organ donor after watching one of his close friend die.The 47-year-old actor has joined a list of famous people including business tycoon Richard
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