Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay presents an appointment order to a candidate during a recruitment event organised by the Department of Health and Family Welfare at the Presidency College in Chennai on Tuesday. Chennai: Tamil Nadu has launched a new nonprofit foundation aimed at drawing corporate and individual donations into the state’s public hospital network,…
Tarun Maru being bid farewell Surat: A lightning strike that claimed the life of a 26-year-old Surat man has given a second chance to at least five patients awaiting transplants. Tarun Maru was declared brain-dead after being hit by lightning on Dumas beach. His family chose to donate his organs, transforming a devastating loss into…
Udupi: The family of 76-year-old woman from Gangolli donated her organs on Monday, after she was declared brain dead at Kasturba Hospital, Manipal. Her liver, eyes and skin were retrieved for transplantation, giving a new lease of life to patients in need, despite her advanced age.Jenny D’ Souza, homemaker from Gangolli, breathed her last at…
Seven-year-old Lokineni Yashwan T’puram: The family of a seven-year-old boy from Tamil Nadu consented to donate his organs after he was declared brain dead, giving a new lease of life to multiple patients across Kerala.The donor, Lokineni Yashwan, had been undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Thiruvananthapuram after sustaining critical injuries in a road…
Kolkata: The liver and kidneys of a 73-year-old deceased donor will be transplanted into three patients in three hospitals in the city through Friday night to early Saturday.This sixth deceased organ donation of the year comes within a week of the previous one.Kasba resident Tapan Sarkar suffered intracranial haemorrhage at home, leading to hospitalisation. He…
Sanket Arsekar (left) with Tushar Chikodi Margao: Every week, three times without fail, 28-year-old Tushar Chikodi makes the now-familiar journey to a hospital for dialysis. Both his kidneys have failed. For four years, this gruelling routine has been his life.Watching this unfold has been his close friend, Sanket Arsekar. What began as a feeling of…
Hyderabad: Jeevandan, Telangana’s flagship deceased organ donation initiative, is increasingly dependent on private hospitals, with govt institutions contributing only a fraction of the total donations and transplants recorded so far.According to official Jeevandan data up to 2025, private hospitals accounted for 1,710 organ donations – nearly 28 times higher than the 61 donations recorded by…
