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Globally renowned Cardiothoracic Specialist and Heart & Lung Transplan
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], December 30 (ANI/NewsVoir): Globally renowned Cardiothoracic specialist and Heart & Lung Transplant surgeon Dr Kumud Dhital has joined Sparsh Group of Hospitals to lead the Heart and Lung Transplant Unit at the soon-to-be launched Sparsh Multi-organ Transpl
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12-yr-old with rare liver disease undergoes successful multi-organ transpl
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], December 8 (ANI): A 12-year-old boy with rare liver disease underwent a successful multi-organ transplant in Chennai's Gleneagles Global Health City (GGHC).
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India now ranks third in organ transplantation: Mansukh Mandaviya
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 27 (ANI): Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Saturday said that India now ranks third in the world in organ transplantation, only behind USA and China as per the data available on the Global Observatory on Donation and Transplantation (GODT) website. Read More
A two-year-old baby slipped into coma due to multi-organ failure, recovers
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], October 21 (ANI/PRNewswire): A two-year-old boy baby from Calicut, Kerala has miraculously regained consciousness, survived and recovered fully without organ transplantation, thanks to ECMO support service provided by Rela Hospital, a Multi-Speciality Quaternary
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Karnataka: Mansukh Mandaviya inaugurates Institute of Gastroenterology Sci
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], October 10 (ANI): Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Sunday inaugurated the Institute of Gastroenterology Sciences and Organ Transplant in Karnataka's Bengaluru.
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Transplant recipients face elevated risk of developing cancer: Study
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 20 (ANI): The findings of a new study suggest that people who have received organ transplants face an elevated risk of developing cancer, primarily due to immunosuppression from medications to prevent organ rejection, as well as underlying medical conditions.
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Study reveals COVID-19 vaccines reduce infection, mortality risk in organ
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 16 (ANI): According to a new research, vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 substantially lowers the risks of breakthrough infections and death due to COVID-19 in adult organ transplant recipients.
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COVID vaccine booster dose may benefit organ transplant patients: Study
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 14 (ANI): Organ transplant recipients may get benefit from a third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine as a booster shot that will push the response rate, according to a study conducted by Canadian scientists.
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New research suggests prioritized vaccination strategies for organ transpl
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 2 (ANI): In new research, scientists discussed recent evidence - including a recent Science Immunology study by Hector Rincon-Arevalo and colleagues - that points to a diminished immune response to COVID-19 vaccines among organ transplant recipients and others on immuno
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Organ transplant recipients remain vulnerable to COVID-19 even after secon
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 7 (ANI): Researchers at Johns Hopkins have found that two doses of a vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 -- the virus that causes COVID-19 -- confers some protection for people who have received solid organ transplants, it's still not enough to enable them to dispense with COVID
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Be an organ donor. Light up someone's world
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi/Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 13 (ANI/Mediawire): Organ transplant is one of the greatest medical marvels of the twentieth century which has saved the lives of several patients. August 13 is observed as "Organ Donation Day". The reason for observing this day is to spread a
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Human organs of brain-dead man in Kerala airlifted for transplant
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], July 21 (ANI) The Kerala Police on Tuesday transported a human heart, a hand, and a small intestine in a helicopter from Thiruvananthapuram to Kochi.
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