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Study addresses poor nutrition in patients with liver failure
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], October 26 (ANI): Poor nutrition is common in patients with liver failure or cirrhosis and it can lead to muscle wasting, weakness, fatigue and worse outcomes before and after the patients undergo liver transplantation.
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Green corridor provided by Delhi Traffic Police for transportation of hear
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 14 (ANI): The Delhi Traffic Police on Saturday contributed in its own way in playing the saviour of human life by providing green corridor to an ambulance which was carrying a heart for transplantation to a hospital.
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Firecrackers a 'huge health hazard', says expert
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 13 (ANI): Chairman of Centre for Chest Surgery and Lung Transplantation Arvind Kumar has termed firecrackers a huge health hazard.
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Organ Donation Day: Facts to know when looking for organ transplantation
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 13 (ANI): There are a large number of people still waiting for a transplant and it is a fact that these patients will succumb to their ailments due to an insufficient number of organ donors.
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Bombay HC asks Maharashtra Govt. to file affidavit on organ donation mecha
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 10 (ANI): The Bombay High Court has directed the Maharashtra Government to file an affidavit, describing their mechanism for organ donation and transplantation and if not, what they propose to do in this regard.
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Bone marrow transplant, an alternate therapy for multiple sclerosis
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 20 (ANI): A 24-year-old multiple sclerosis patient recently got another chance at life after undergoing a bone marrow transplantation.
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New Delhi: Traffic cops help transport heart over 18 km in 18 minutes
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 7 (ANI): A green corridor was set up from Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) to Fortis Escorts Heart Institute (FEHI) here on Thursday to transport a live heart for transplantation in a 13-year-old patient from Agra, as the 18-km-distance was covered within 18
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Heart flown from Delhi to Chennai, longest distance haul in India
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 31 (ANI): Heart of a deceased civilian of the Indian Airforce in Delhi was flown to Chennai recently, to save life of an old man, who was awaiting a suitable heart for transplantation.
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Pushing organ donation programme forward in Asia
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 15 (ANI): With Asia lagging behind the rest of the world in the field of organ donation and transplantation, the Indian Society of Organ Transplantation (ISOT) is organising a midterm meeting in Chennai for its promotion.
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CII says organ transplantation 'un-Islamic'
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan. 24 (ANI): Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) and Wafaq-ul-Madaris have termed the Organ and Tissue Transplant (amendment) Bill 2016 as 'non-Islamic' and decided to challenge it in court.
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Soon bionic kidney to replace dialysis, transplantation
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov. 21 (ANI): In what come as good news for patient diagnosed with kidney disease, a significant step has been taken towards developing a bionic kidney that could replace the need for dialysis or transplantation.
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Seven months old infant with rare immunodeficiency disorder saved by bone
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 12 (ANI-NewsVoir): Manipal Hospitals recently saved a seven months old boy from Maldives who had Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome by bone marrow transplantation. Wiskott-Aldrich is an X-linked disorder caused by mutations in the gene that encodes the Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome p
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