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Hyderabad: Relatives of a 52-year-old resident from Hyderabad, Madhusudhan Munukuntla, who was declared brain dead by attending team of neuro-physicians at Yashoda Hospitals, Malakpet, have donated organs of the deceased, as part of the state-run Jeevandan organ donation initiative. A resident of Ramanthapur, Madhusudhan on April 26, had a fall at his home and was […]
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Hyderabad: On the occasion of the ongoing National Donate Life Month in April, which encourages people to register as organ donors, and also to mark two years of the Covid pandemic, Yashoda Hospitals, Secunderabad on Friday organised a gathering of ten organ recipients who had received heart-lung transplants in the last one year. The organ […]
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Hyderabad: The Jeevandan Cadaver Organ Transplantation Programme, the flagship initiative of the Telangana government aimed at ensuring availability of donor organs from brain dead victims to needy patients, has reached a significant milestone of crossing 1,000 donations, since its launch in 2013. Between 2013, when Jeevandan organ transplantation initiative was launched, and till date, the […]
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Hyderabad: Family members of a 55-year-old timber and plywood businessman, who was declared brain dead, have decided to donate the organs of the deceased. On February 10, Limbani Aravind Patel, a resident of Adarshnagar, Nagole was hit by a two-wheeler while he was walking at Badangapet. He sustained grievous head injuries and was rushed to […]
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Hyderabad: On his 60th birthday, actor Jagapathi Babu on Friday pledged his organs at Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) Hospitals, Secunderabad. The actor signed on the pledge to donate his vital organs that could be used to save lives of others. “Every life must have a meaning to it. I believe, if we can […]
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Hyderabad: Despite the uncertainties of Covid pandemic, Telangana has performed exceedingly well in organ donations and conducting organ transplants under the State-run Jeevandan organ donation initiative. In 2021, the State recorded 162 donations, which is the highest since the launch of the organ donation programme in Telangana in 2013. In the process, a total of […]
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Hyderabad: Relatives of 48-year-old local politician from Dornala, Prakasham district, Andhra Pradesh, Kasa Raghunadha Reddy, who was declared as brain dead by attending team of neuro-physicians at Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS), have donated the organs of the deceased under State-run Jeevandan organ donation initiative. Raghunadha Reddy had received grievous injuries in a road […]
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Hyderabad: The pace of organ donation and transplantation in Telangana, which literally grinded to a halt in the last 15 months, has now managed to reach the pre-Covid days, which is expected to bring a lot of cheer to needy patients and their relatives, who can now look forward to a reduced waiting time to […]
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Hyderabad: A message goes like this: “Dear all important, four kidneys available. Due to the death of our friend Sudhir and his wife (service colleagues of my friend) who met with an accident yesterday, the doctor has declared them brain dead. Sudhir is B+ and his wife O+.” Two contact numbers have been given with […]
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Hyderabad: Family members of a 40-year-old daily wage earner Azmeera Kumar, hailing from GH Thanda, Ammapuram village, Thorrur mandal, Warangal district, who was declared brain dead by attending neuro physicians, have donated the organs of the deceased under the State-run Jeevandan organ donation initiative. On the evening of August 31, while returning home from work, […]
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So far this year, 249 organ donations have been taken up under Jeevandan initiative
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IML Director and Supreme Court advocate, Mahendrakumar Bajpai said the country needs a central law on uniform definition of death