For a procedure considered 'gold standard' for patients of end-stage heart failure, the numbers are dismal. “Waiting lists with the National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation [NOTTO] run into several years, and many patients die during that period,” says Dr Ajay Kaul, chairman and head, cardiothoracic and vascular surgery, BLK Super Speciality Hospital, Delhi..Read more at THE WEEK https://www.theweek.in/health/cover/2018/06/16/missing-links.html
The child, Deepa Garg, was diagnosed with a blood disorder called Congenital Dyserythropoietic Anemia type 2 (CDA II) and needed a bone marrow transplant. The family had come to Delhi from Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh for her treatment...Deepa underwent the bone marrow transplant. While the hospital claimed she was cured, she soon acquired an infection and her condition rapidly deteriorated..Read more at NEWS CLICK https://newsclick.in/private-hospital-blk-accused-negligence-9-year-old-...
The army man had died in an accident and his family had donated his organs. Kaul had a perfect recipient for the heart—a 28-year-old youth from Haryana, who had been diagnosed with end-stage heart disease...Read more at THE WEEK https://www.theweek.in/health/cover/2018/06/16/change-of-heart.html
Quick response from a team of doctors helped a 56-year-old patient get a new lease of life as the doctors carried out a heart transplant within three hours of harvesting from a donor in Jaipur....“The patient is recovering well after the successful transplant..Read more at THE TIMES OF INDIA https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/56-yr-old-gets-new-heart-...
Thanks to his donor brother, a 25-year-old thalassemia patient is now living a transfusion-free life after undergoing a high-risk bone marrow transplant, doctors at BLK Super Speciality Hospital..Thalassemia is an inherited blood disorder that may lead to anaemia, making one feel tired or weak. Thalassemia patients generally have to get frequent blood transfusions to manage their condition..Read more at ECONOMIC TIMES https://health.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/industry/thalassemia-pa...
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Missing links
For a procedure considered 'gold standard' for patients of end-stage heart failure, the numbers are dismal. “Waiting lists with the National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation [NOTTO] run into several years, and many patients die during that period,” says Dr Ajay Kaul, chairman and head, cardiothoracic and vascular surgery, BLK Super Speciality Hospital, Delhi..Read more at THE WEEK
https://www.theweek.in/health/cover/2018/06/16/missing-links.html
BLK accused for negligence
The child, Deepa Garg, was diagnosed with a blood disorder called Congenital Dyserythropoietic Anemia type 2 (CDA II) and needed a bone marrow transplant. The family had come to Delhi from Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh for her treatment...Deepa underwent the bone marrow transplant. While the hospital claimed she was cured, she soon acquired an infection and her condition rapidly deteriorated..Read more at NEWS CLICK
https://newsclick.in/private-hospital-blk-accused-negligence-9-year-old-...
Change of heart
The army man had died in an accident and his family had donated his organs. Kaul had a perfect recipient for the heart—a 28-year-old youth from Haryana, who had been diagnosed with end-stage heart disease...Read more at THE WEEK
https://www.theweek.in/health/cover/2018/06/16/change-of-heart.html
56-year-old gets ‘new’ heart
Quick response from a team of doctors helped a 56-year-old patient get a new lease of life as the doctors carried out a heart transplant within three hours of harvesting from a donor in Jaipur....“The patient is recovering well after the successful transplant..Read more at THE TIMES OF INDIA
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/56-yr-old-gets-new-heart-...
Thalassemia patient gets transfusion-free life
Thanks to his donor brother, a 25-year-old thalassemia patient is now living a transfusion-free life after undergoing a high-risk bone marrow transplant, doctors at BLK Super Speciality Hospital..Thalassemia is an inherited blood disorder that may lead to anaemia, making one feel tired or weak. Thalassemia patients generally have to get frequent blood transfusions to manage their condition..Read more at ECONOMIC TIMES
https://health.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/industry/thalassemia-pa...