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Indian Rights Activist raises cadaver organ donation issue at UN Human Rig
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
Gobind Gurbani, speaking through video conference, drew attention to the growing gap between the number of patients requiring organ transplants and the limited availability of donated organs.
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Apollo Hospitals at 42: Celebrates a global movement of health and happine
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], September 18: Apollo Hospitals commemorated its 42nd anniversary having touched over 200 million lives, earned trust across 185 nations and reaching over 19000 pincodes across India. As Apollo opened India's first corporate hospital in 1983, it sparked a healthc
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Current Government Initiatives Strengthen India's Position in Global Medic
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India]. March 10: India has long been a leading destination for medical tourists seeking world-class healthcare at competitive prices. With a well-established medical tourism industry valued at approximately $9 billion, the country attracts patients from across the globe for advan
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Gleneagles BGS Hospital Strengthens Comprehensive Polytrauma Care with Ren
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], December 18: Gleneagles BGS Hospital, Karnataka's first hospital to achieve excellence in multi-organ transplants, further enhances its leadership in trauma care with the launch of its renowned Polytrauma Team. This 16-member multidisciplinary team comprises hi
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Indian embassy in Philippines facilitates medical visits to India
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
In an advisory issued recently, the Embassy highlighted that individuals requiring medical care for critical conditions such as life-threatening diseases, congenital illnesses, organ transplants, oncology, and pediatric ailments should contact the Consular Wing of the Embassy.
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Sharjah Charity International: AED35.7 mn for medical assistance during 20
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The treatment assistance programs included 1,377 cases, of which 356 cases underwent surgical operations. These surgeries were for soul-destructive diseases that required immediate treatment, such as catheterization, heart, stroke, and vital organ transplants such as the liver, marrow, an
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Apollo Hospitals Celebrates 25 Years of India's First Liver Transplant Pro
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 16: Apollo, the world's largest integrated healthcare provider, completed 25 years of liver transplant program in India with over 4300 liver transplants, including 515 in children from over 50 countries. Today, Apollo performs more than 1600 solid organ transplant
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Thiruvananthapuram hospital conducts five organ transplants in 24 hours
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The organ transplantation surgeries were performed at Kims health, a multi-specialty hospital in Thiruvananthapuram.
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SC asks Health Ministry to examine guidelines for registration for living
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
A Bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and PS Narasimha said, "Having due regard to the above grievance, we are of the considered view that it would be appropriate if the matter is examined by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare."
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Organ donations, organ transplants increase during large motorcycle rallie
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
The study has shown that in the regions where the seven largest motorcycle rallies were held throughout the United States between 2005 and 2021, there were 21 per cent more organ donors per day, on average, and 26 per cent more transplant recipients per day, on average, during these events,
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Ahmedabad lady lends a hand to a man from Kancheepuram
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], August 1 (ANI/NewsVoir): Doctors at Gleneagles Global Health City, a leading tertiary care hospital in Chennai, successfully performed a life-changing bilateral hand transplant (below elbow) for a man hailing from Kancheepuram for whom the hand was air transport
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Transplant recipients face elevated risk of developing cancer: Study
Updated : 4 years, 8 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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