Vilasrao’s funeral at his village Wednesday
August 14th, 2012 - 6:39 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 14 (IANS) Former Maharashtra chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh's funeral will be held at his village Babhalgaon Wednesday evening, sources close to the family said.The body of the union ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Vilasrao’s funeral at his village Wednesday
August 14th, 2012 - 6:39 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 14 (IANS) Former Maharashtra chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh's funeral will be held at his village Babhalgaon Wednesday evening, sources close to the family said.The body of the union ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Parliament adjourned after Deshmukh’s death
August 14th, 2012 - 5:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) Both houses of parliament were adjourned Tuesday as soon as news came in of the death of union minister Vilasrao Deshmukh in a Chennai hospital.In ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Only 4,500 out of two lakh get transplants
February 15th, 2012 - 7:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 15 (IANS) Out of two lakh people who need organ transplants, only 4,500 manage to get a transplant done in a year due to lack of donors, ... Read more...
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Indian doctors return from Pakistan with ‘lots of love’
February 14th, 2012 - 5:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) A group of doctors has returned to India after two successful liver transplants in Lahore, with "lots of love and lots of goodwill" from Pakistan.A ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
‘Lack of organ donors affecting liver transplants’
January 19th, 2012 - 12:32 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) The crunch in organ donations is affecting the number of transplants in India, a doctor said Wednesday, adding that nearly 25,000 patients need liver transplants ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Marathon liver transplant saves three toddlers (with Images)
January 17th, 2012 - 7:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 17, (IANS) Three children got a new lease of life following a 20-hour, complex liver transplant procedure, requiring a team of 40 doctors simultaneously performing in half-a-dozen ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Spain carries out 94 organ transplants in 72 hours
December 6th, 2011 - 11:20 am ICT by IANS
Madrid, Dec 6 (IANS/EFE) Spain's National Transplant Organization set a new record with 94 organ transplants during the period of Nov 23-25.The donations allowed 53 kidney and 23 liver transplants ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Pakistani kid gets liver transplant in India
November 4th, 2011 - 7:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 4 (IANS) Karachi resident Shehary Ali Sayyed had just sat down to study Sep 26 when he collapsed and was admitted to a local hospital in a ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
India faces huge donor crunch in liver transplants: Experts
October 7th, 2011 - 7:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) India is facing a huge donor crunch in liver transplants -- of the nearly 20,000 needy patients, only 500 are able to get them, according ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
World’s first double leg transplant to be performed in Spain
November 17th, 2010 - 12:07 am ICT by IANS
Madrid, Nov 16 (IANS) The world's first double leg transplant will be performed in Spain, Health Minister Leire Pajin said Tuesday.Pajin made the announcement about the experimental procedure at the "Final ... Read more...
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Eight-month-old gets liver transplant from father
October 4th, 2010 - 7:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) Eight-month-old Akshu's parents had almost lost hope of saving their daughter who suffered from liver failure till they met doctors at the army hospital here. The baby ... Read more...
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Only 10 percent liver transplants on female patients: Doctors (With Image)
September 22nd, 2010 - 8:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) Jordan's Haneen Abushakra and Noida's Simran Chadha have little in common, except the fact that they are females and underwent a liver transplant. As common as it ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Obesity key cause of liver problem in India
September 18th, 2010 - 8:08 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, Sep 18 (IANS) Obesity is contributing to steep rise in liver problems in the country, a liver transplant surgeon said Saturday.
Lack of exercise, lifestyle and rich diet are the main causes ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Liver transplant: Low cost gives Kerala an edge
September 7th, 2010 - 9:53 am ICT by IANS
By Sanu George
Kochi, Sep 7 (IANS) Not many know that private hospitals here offer liver transplants that are almost 50 percent cheaper than anywhere else in India and six times cheaper than ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Apollo reaches highest organ transplant in India
August 26th, 2010 - 7:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) Healthcare provider Apollo Hospital is the only hospital in India to have performed 534 organ transplants in less than eight months across the country, its chairman Prathap ... Read more...
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Killer white blood cells could make organ rejection history
August 22nd, 2010 - 4:15 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 22 (ANI): Scientists have discovered that a type of killer white blood cell in the body could make organ rejection history.The cells suppress the immune response in the livers ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Global Hospitals to invest Rs.200 crore
June 11th, 2010 - 11:38 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 11 (IANS) Global Hospitals will come up with a 400-bed tertiary care centre in Mumbai with an investment of Rs.200 crore, a top official said Friday.
The facility, to be set ... Read more...
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‘Pakistanis rely more on Indian doctors’
April 19th, 2010 - 6:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) Pakistanis looking for a liver transplant rely more on Indian doctors as they are more efficient, said a Pakistan-based neurologist whose daughter recently underwent an organ transplant ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Researchers keep hepatitis C at bay after liver transplant
January 1st, 2010 - 5:02 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 1 (IANS) In most patients who undergo a liver transplant because of liver failure or liver cancer, the new liver becomes infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) almost immediately. ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Scientists produce liver cells from patients’ skin cells
October 9th, 2009 - 3:48 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Oct 9 (IANS) Scientists have successfully produced liver cells from patients' skin cells, potentially opening the way to treating a range of diseases that affect the liver's functioning.
The research team ... Read more...
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Scientists grow liver cells from patients’ skin cells
October 9th, 2009 - 11:46 am ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 9 (ANI): In a breakthrough study, researchers at The Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee have succeeded in producing liver cells from patients' skin cells.Led by Dr. Stephen A. Duncan, ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Brit surgeons set new transplants record with 5 ops in a day
August 15th, 2009 - 12:38 pm ICT by ANI
London, August 15 (ANI): British surgeons have set a new transplant record by carrying out five operations in less than 24 hours.Surgeons Darius Mirza, Khalid Sharif, Paolo Muiesan and Simon Bramell along ... Read more...
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Steve Jobs gets a new liver from where?
June 20th, 2009 - 9:36 pm ICT by John Le Fevre
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Apple founder and CEO Steve Jobs underwent a secret liver transplant two months ago in Tennessee.In 2004 Jobs revealed he had been treated for ... Read more...
Posted in Technology Industry News |
70 percent of hepatitis C cases curable with early treatment
April 27th, 2009 - 2:04 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, April 27 (IANS) Up to 70 percent of hepatitis C cases are curable if early treatment is sought, according to a new international study.
The study by National Centre for HIV ... Read more...
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Liver transplant donors, recipients feted in Delhi
December 18th, 2008 - 6:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) Children and adults, who were donors and recipients of liver transplants during the past 10 years, were treated like stars at a function Thursday to mark a ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Liver transplant patients at increased cancer risk
November 4th, 2008 - 1:50 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 4 (ANI): People who have undergone liver transplants are at a greater risk of developing non-Hodgkin''s lymphoma and colorectal cancer, say researchers.
A new Canadian study led by Ying Jiang ... Read more...
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Army doctors perform first ever in situ split liver transplant
September 3rd, 2008 - 8:58 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Sep 3 (ANI): Army doctors have carried out an in situ split liver transplant surgery, the first ever in India, giving a new lease of life to two patients ... Read more...
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Twin face transplants success could make the procedure common
August 22nd, 2008 - 2:02 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Aug 22 (ANI): Face transplants will soon become as common as liver or kidney ones, following the success of two facial reconstructions, say doctors behind the triumph.According to the British ... Read more...
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Scots scientists developing stem cell therapies to end liver transplant need
May 7th, 2008 - 5:31 pm ICT by admin
London, May 7 (ANI): Soon liver diseases could be treated using stem cell therapy, if scientists at Edinburgh University get their way.A team at Edinburgh University is working on developing embryonic ... Read more...
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