In a rare medical feat, a 64-year-old grandmother donated her kidney to save her five-year-old grandson at Fortis Hospitals, Bengaluru. Doctors used robotic surgery to overcome size and medical challenges, making it one of India’s youngest grandmother-to-grandson kidney transplants
The Telangana Crime Investigation Department (CID) has arrested two more individuals in connection with a kidney transplant racket busted in Hyderabad’s Saroornagar in April.
The Urology department has been performing more than 100 transplants each year for the past decade. However, this year 100 kidney transplants were done within six months.
The management and transplant surgeons at Alaknanda Hospital proceeded with high-risk organ transplant surgeries without obtaining prior permission from health authorities. The intricate kidney transplants have already been conducted, and the identities of the surgeons involved in performing these procedures remain unknown.
Directs health officials to ensure strict action on doctors, hospital management and other individuals who were directly involved in operating the racket
The Telangana High Court on Monday extended the interim bail granted to suspended Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) N Bhujanga Rao, the third accused in the ongoing phone tapping case, until November 28.
India's organ donation rate stands at approximately 0.52/million populations, emphasising the need for further efforts to bridge the gap between demand and supply.
Renal transplant surgeons at KIMS, Secunderabad announced successful kidney transplant on a 58-year-old woman, who received donor kidney from a 14-months-old baby.
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