Transplants So Far

Performance Report : From Oct 2008 to Dec 31, 2011
Donors From TN 223
Heart 36
Lung 5
Liver 200
Kidney 415
Total Major organs 656
Heart Valve 274
Cornea 345
Skin 1
Total Organs 1276
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In death, Bihar labourer gives life to three

From http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-04-28/chennai/29482417_1_organ-transplant-mohan-foundation-suitable-recipients

CHENNAI: A migrant labourer from Bihar, who had a fall from the second floor of a building under construction and declared brain dead by the Government General Hospital, on Tuesday gave life to three persons. His two kidneys and a liver were donated to patients in different city hospitals.

Rambabu, a 18-year-old migrant [...]

Brain dead labourer’s organs harvested

From http://www.hindu.com/2011/04/28/stories/2011042862830600.htm

CHENNAI: When the parents of 18-year-old Rambabu agreed to donate his organs after he was declared brain dead, they hesitantly asked the transplant co-ordinator if the hospital could arrange to take a picture of him. They said they had none.

Rambabu, a daily wage earner from Bihar, had come to Chennai only 10 [...]

News in Dinakaran Regarding a Cadaver Transplantation

Image courtesy : Dinakaran via Dr.Ashokan

Organ donations in TN hit 1K mark

From http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Chennai/Organ-donations-in-TN-hit-1K-mark/articleshow/8009545.cms

CHENNAI: The state’s organ transplant registry has crossed a milestone. Since its inception in September 2008, the registry has recorded donations of 1,008 organs and valves from more than 175 brain-dead patients. The cadaver organ registry was set up to network with hospitals across the state for organ donation.

Senior surgeons feel [...]

Grief counsellors have task cut out

From http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Grief-counsellors-have-task-cut-out/articleshow/8009542.cms

CHENNAI: Key employees of a hospital are: doctors, nurses, staff — and now grief counselors. On them falls the tough job of introducing organ donation to families grieving for their dead.

As demand for organs soars, doctors are placing tremendous value on the sensitive work done by grief counselors. Many hospital managements [...]

Organs utilised by Transplant Hospitals in TN (Oct 2008 to Mar 2011)

 

Organs utilised by Transplant Hospitals in TN (Oct 2008 to Mar 2011) KIDNEY Stanley Local 7 Share 35 GH Local 33 Share 24 Apollo Local 61 Share 26 Chettinad Local 0 Share 1 ABC, Trichy Local 8 Share 7 Madurai Meenakshi Local 3 Share 4 CMC Local 10 Share 11 Kumaran Local 1 Share [...]