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Hyderabad: The Telangana Transplantation of Human Organs Act, 1995, which regulates the commercialisation of human organs for transplantation, imposes strict limitations on the availability of organs from living donors, contributing to recent transplant fraud cases, such as the Alakananda Hospital scandal. Following the enactment of the Transplantation of Human Organs Act, 1994, by the Centre, undivided Andhra Pradesh adopted it in 1995, and Telangana continued with the same legislation after its formation. Unlike several other states, Telangana has not yet incorporated key amendments introduced by the Centre to the Act in 2011 and 2014. These amendments would make it easier for living donors to provide organs while also increasing private hospitals' responsibility in facilitating cadaver donations for the govt's common organ pool. Currently, under this Act in Telangana, only spouses, siblings, and children within the same family are permitted to be living donors. A major amendment in 2014, which Telangana has not adopted, introduced family swapping among living donors. Previously, organ exchange between families was not permitted, leaving incompatible recipients reliant on cadaveric organs, often facing years-long waiting periods. The 2014 amendment allows a donor from one family, whose organ is incompatible with their relative, to donate to a recipient in another family. In return, a donor from that second family provides an organ to the original recipient. Currently, private hospitals are subject to oversight in live donor transplants. However, many bypass regulations by conducting unregistered transplants, offering financial incentives to non-family members to donate. This loophole led to the Alakananda kidney racket, where unrelated donors provided kidneys to recipients, sources revealed. Gujarat has successfully implemented a family-swapping system involving multiple families in a structured sequence. For instance, if family A donates an organ to family B but lacks a suitable donor in return, family B passes the donation forward to family C until a match is found, ensuring family A eventually receives a suitable organ. Existing regulations in the state also prevent younger grandparents from donating organs to their grandchildren. In families where early marriages occur, these grandparents could donate organs to their grandchildren, who, in turn, might later donate to them. Expanding family-based exchanges could increase organ availability and reduce the prevalence of unregistered transplants from non-family donors, according to sources. In 2011, the Centre mandated that private hospitals appoint organ transplant coordinators to promote cadaver donations and contribute to the common pool. "Although the state govt considered implementing these amendments last year, they ultimately decided against it. It is time to bring these reforms forward," a doctor said.
Jaipur: The 23-year-old patient who received the heart, kidney and lungs of a brain-dead patient -- that were airlifted in the first such instance of organ transport in Rajasthan -- died on Tuesday late night at the SMS Hospital here. The hospital's senior doctor and spokesperson Dr Manish Agarwal said the complicated surgery was successful. Doctors tried hard to save the woman, but could not succeed, after which the patient died. The organs were airlifted for the first time in Rajasthan. The heart, kidney and lungs of Vishnu Prasad, a brain-dead youth in Jhalawar, were transported to Jaipur ...Read More >
Finding a suitable kidney donor is still the biggest obstacle, even though Prabhas' support has given the family hope. Telugu actor Prabhas has come forward to show support for veteran comedian Fish Venkat, who is receiving treatment in the intensive care unit and is in critical condition. The well-known philanthropist actor has promised to pay for Venkat's urgent kidney transplant. Sravanthi, Venkat's daughter, confirmed in an interview with One India that Prabhas' team has committed to paying ...Read More >
Heart transplant patients in the United States typically spend months waiting for a donated organ. But Kayoko Hira was not a typical patient. Mrs. Hira, the wife of a hotel magnate in Japan, flew to the United States in September 2021, went to the University of Chicago Medical Center and, within days, got a new heart from an American teenager who had died. Soon after, The New York Times found, a charity run by her husband made a donation to a nonprofit group led by the heart surgeon's wife. It ...Read More >
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government is planning to increase the budget for organ transplants under the Mahatma Jyotirao Phule Jan Arogya Yojana, Health Minister Prakash Abitkar announced on Wednesday, pledging wider financial support for patients in need. The commitment came during a moving ceremony at Bai Jerbai Wadia Hospital for Children to mark World Organ Donation Day, where donor families were honoured for their life-saving contributions. Wadia Hospital Secures Pediatric Heart Transplant License The event, filled with emotion and gratitude, featured a soulful prayer dance by Riddhi-Sidd ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO) has suggested prioritising women in allocation of deceased donor organs.In a letter to the states/UTs, the apex authority for regulating organ donations and transplants in the country, has said a provision should be made to mark additional points for women recipients of donor organs, to address gender disparity. Studies have shown that while women make up a large percentage of donors, they receive fewer organs than men. "Women are equally vulnerable when it comes to end-stage organ failure due to illness, and it is import ...Read More >
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday permitted a 58-year-old doctor to donate one of her kidneys without expectation of any reward. A bench headed by Justice Suraj Govindaraju heard a petition filed by the doctor, who had approached court after her application, seeking permission for donation, was rejected by the Organ Transplant Committee of Manipal Hospital. It noted that several tests need to be conducted before donating the kidney and directed the committee to check the availability of persons eligible to receive the kidney as a donation. The hospital told court it has identi ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Signalling the government's intent to move ahead with the impeachment motion of Allahabad High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday said that main opposition parties have given their in-principle approval to support the motion in the upcoming monsoon session scheduled for July21-August 21. Rijiju said that the government is yet to decide whether the motion would be brought in the Lok Sabha or the Rajya Sabha. For the Lok Sabha, signatures of a minimum 100 MPs is required. The requirement is the support of at least 50 MPs in the Rajya Sabha. H ...Read More >
New Delhi: Protest at the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) against a recently announced fee hike, the long-standing suspension of students' union elections and calls for administrative accountability have entered their sixth day, with students boycotting classes and staging sit-ins at the Bab-e-Syed gate (the iconic entrance of the varsity). The fee structure for different courses has witnessed a sharp revision. Students say the hike ranges from 25% to over 60% across various programmes. Many claim they first learned of the revised fees only while trying to pay through the university's online ...Read More >
Kanpur: Ghaziabad police have arrested two more suspects in the illegal kidney trade and transplant racket that used a Telegram group to operate. The two men, Kuldeep Singh Raghav and Rajesh Kumar, were OT in-charges at different hospitals, and police are now tracking their third associate, a doctor.Dr Rohit, who ran the kidney trade racket, used to provide Rs 40,000-40,000 and flight tickets for each transplant to these people. On the day of the transplant, eight people arrived at Ahuja Hospital in Keshavpuram, of whom three came from Ghaziabad and five from Lucknow. Teams have been deployed ...Read More >
Kanpur: Kanpur police have revealed that a video of Punjab victim Manjinder -- duped of Rs 43 lakh in a kidney racket -- was recovered from the mobile phone of accused Shivam Agrawal in the city's kidney scandal case.Manjinder, a resident of Tarn Taran in Amritsar, alleged that Ahuja Hospital operators Dr Surjit Ahuja, Dr Preeti Ahuja and four other persons took Rs 43 lakh from him in the name of providing a kidney, but his transplant was never carried out. He raised the amount by taking loans.According to the video from Ahuja Hospital located in Maswanpur, Manjinder's kidney was damaged, and ...Read More >
Mumbai, May 29 (UNI) The police on Thursday arrested Dr Ajay Taware, the former medical superintendent of Sassoon General Hospital, in an alleged kidney transplant racket at a prominent private hospital in Pune. Dr Taware, who is already in custody at Yerwada Central Jail in a separate case involving alleged tampering of blood samples in the high-profile Pune Porsche crash, was taken into custody by the city crime branch for his suspected role in the 2022 kidney transplant scam at Ruby Hall Clinic. According to Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Nikhil Pingale, Dr Taware will be produced ...Read More >
Chennai: A ground-breaking study published in The Lancet, one of the world's most prestigious medical journals, has revealed a shocking and direct link between prolonged sun exposure and a high prevalence of kidney disease among farmers in Tamil Nadu. The research indicates that working directly under the sun, leading to chronic dehydration, is a primary cause of kidney damage, independent of traditional risk factors like diabetes or hypertension. The study, which has sent ripples through the agricultural and medical communities, found that 5.13 percent of the surveyed farmers in the state ha ...Read More >
Vijayawada: The NSS Unit of Siddhartha Academy of Higher Education (Deemed to be University), here organised an organ donation awareness programme in collaboration with Manipal Hospital and Red FM on the occasion of Organ Donation Day on Wednesday. The programme was aimed to sensitise students, faculty, and staff about the vital role of organ donation in saving lives. Registrar Dr M Ravichand appreciated the noble cause of organ donation, noting that by pledging their organs, individuals can offer hope and grant a new lease of life to those in need. Dean of Admissions Dr GSN Swami highlighte ...Read More >
Kanpur: Police on Tuesday claimed to have uncovered an alleged illegal kidney transplant racket operating through private hospitals in the city and arrested six people, including a doctor couple, three other doctors and an ambulance operator.Commissioner of Police Raghubir Lal said the racket appeared to have links extending beyond Kanpur to Lucknow, Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Nepal.Preliminary investigation suggests that around 40 to 50 kidney transplants may have been carried out through the network in different private hospitals in the city, he said.The arrests were made late Monday night a ...Read More >
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced on Monday that his administration will establish a fund to finance organ transplants and other medical treatments exceeding Rs 5 lakh. Fadnavis mentioned at a meeting of the governing council of the State Health Assurance Society that the program will broaden the coverage of health insurance schemes. He instructed the state medical education and drugs department to develop a detailed policy for offering inclusive cancer treatment services throughout the state. Fadnavis led a meeting in which he emphasized the necessity of creating ...Read More >
VMPL Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], October 17: Cytecare Hospitals, a leading cancer and multi-speciality hospital known for its patient-centric and evidence-based care, has received the official license to perform kidney transplants. This milestone marks a significant step in strengthening the hospital's comprehensive organ care program and providing life-saving treatment options to patients with end-stage kidney disease. With this development, patients can now benefit from a multidisciplinary transplant team comprising experienced nephrologists, urologists, transplant surgeons, anesthesiol ...Read More >
The arrests followed late-night raids on Monday at Med-Life hospital, Ahuja Hospital, and Priya Hospital in the Kalyanpur area, conducted jointly with the health department led by the Chief Medical Officer Haridutt Nemi, Commissioner of Police Raghubir Lal said. The investigation suggests the possible involvement of six to seven more hospitals, police said, adding that further arrests are likely in the coming days. The police arrested hospital owners Dr Preeti Ahuja, 50, her husband Dr Surjeet ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], June 8 (ANI): In a major crackdown, the Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) of the Delhi Police has busted an interstate drug syndicate and seized 348.176 kilograms of Ganja, officials said. According to Apoorva Gupta, Deputy Commissioner of Police, ANTF, Crime Branch, Delhi, the seized contraband is valued at approximately Rs 1.75 crore in the international market. Also Read | Eknath Shinde Comes to the Rescue of Woman in Need of Kidney Transplant, Drops Her From Jalgaon to Mumbai in His Chartered Plane After She Misses Flight (See Pics). The drug was being smuggled from An ...Read More >
Kanpur (UP), Apr 1 (PTI) The probe into an alleged illegal kidney transplant racket in Kanpur has intensified, with police issuing lookout notices against four key accused doctors and expanding the investigation into a suspected multi-city network, a senior official said on Wednesday. Police Commissioner Raghubir Lal said lookout notices are being initiated against four doctors -- Rohit alias Rahul, Anurag alias Amit, Afzal and Vaibhav -- who are currently absconding and are believed to be central to the operation. The investigation is now focusing on the racket's nexus, modus operandi and m ...Read More >
VMPL New Delhi [India], August 14: Ellenox, India's largest venture studio, is accelerating its global push in enterprise AI development. In the past year, the company has grown its headcount by 50% over the last year, bringing in senior AI talent from Amazon and Google to power its next phase of expansion. Already delivering AI transformation for Fortune 50 leaders in fintech, cloud computing, consumer social, and sports-tech, Ellenox has built systems that replace costly call centers with natural-voice AI agents and deployed end-to-end social media pipelines capable of scaling global brand ...Read More >
Jaipur: Surgeons at SMS Hospital Saturday performed their first live liver transplant -- that is, a liver donated by a living donor -- with help from experts from a private hospital in Delhi.Previously, the hospital has conducted liver transplants utilising organs from patients declared brain dead. Hospital officials announced they have now the necessary capabilities for live liver transplants, expanding options for patients in need of this life-saving procedure.A team from the private hospital in Delhi arrived at SMS Hospital, after which the live liver transplant began Saturday morning. "The ...Read More >
Kanpur, Apr 8 (UNI) Kanpur police have arrested Parvez Saifi, a close aide and driver of absconding doctor Afzal, in connection with the ongoing kidney transplant racket. Saifi was apprehended late Tuesday night from Rawatpur after a viral video showed him and the doctor with bundles of Rs 500 notes, officials said today. According to DCP SM Qasim Abidi, Saifi had been trying to evade arrest while seeking legal help for bail. Police recovered Rs 10 lakh in cash from his possession, which he allegedly admitted was part of the payment received after a kidney transplant surgery involving a woma ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], May 2: Transplant athletes from their successful participation at the World Transplant Games in Perth Australia ... New Delhi [India], May 2: Transplant athletes from their successful participation at the World Transplant Games in Perth Australia were felicitated at India Habitat Centre. This was the largest contingent of 32 players ever to go from India to the WTG, and Team India athletes won 35 medals in the World Transplant Games 2023, which concluded in Australia's Perth on April 21, 2023. It is the highest tally ever for India. Transplant patients or Donors take part ...Read More >
Hyderabad/New Delhi: Telangana has been honoured with a prestigious national award for achieving the highest organ donation rate in India. According to a senior official, in 2024, Telangana recorded an organ donation rate of 4.88 donors per million population (pmp), which significantly surpassed the national average of 0.8 pmp. The award was presented during a felicitation ceremony held in New Delhi as part of the 15th Indian Organ Donation Day celebrations, organised by the National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization (NOTTO). The award was received by Dr G Mallikarjun and the Jeevandan ...Read More >
New Delhi, April 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) Rising equestrian talent Stasya Pandya from Mumbai delivered an outstanding performance at the Delhi Horse Show 2026, securing two team medals in the prestigious Young Champion category. Competing against a field of over 200 equestrians across multiple categories, Stasya demonstrated exceptional skill across disciplines. In Dressage, she rode Consul, earning a Team Silver medal with a composed and technically refined performance. Building on this success, she went on to secure a Team Bronze medal in Show Jumping astride Cougar De Fees. Navigating a challen ...Read More >
Mumbai, Oct 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) Actress Deepika Padukone, who has been a strong advocate for mental health awareness, reacted to cricketer Jemimah Rodrigues' recent revelation about battling anxiety. The 'Om Shanti Om' actress, known for openly sharing her own struggles with depression in the past, praised Jemimah for her honesty and courage in speaking up, highlighting the importance of conversations around mental well-being in sports and beyond. Taking to her Instagram Stories, Deepika Padukone reshared a video of cricketer Jemimah Rodrigues, in which the athlete opened up about her struggl ...Read More >
Kanpur (UP), Mar 31 (PTI) Uttar Pradesh Police has identified four more suspects as it widened its probe into an illegal kidney transplant racket operating through multiple private hospitals in Kanpur. Earlier on Tuesday, the police arrested five doctors and the alleged kingpin of the racket, officials said. The arrests followed late-night raids conducted on Monday at Med-Life Hospital, Ahuja Hospital, and Priya Hospital in the Kalyanpur area, by a joint team of police and health department officials led by Chief Medical Officer Haridutt Nemi, said Commissioner of Police Raghubir Lal. Ahuja ...Read More >
Kanpur (UP), Apr 1 (PTI) The probe into an alleged illegal kidney transplant racket in Kanpur has intensified, with police issuing lookout notices against four key accused doctors and expanding the investigation into a suspected multi-city network, a senior official said on Wednesday. Police Commissioner Raghubir Lal said lookout notices are being initiated against four doctors -- Rohit alias Rahul, Anurag alias Amit, Afzal and Vaibhav -- who are currently absconding and are believed to be central to the operation. The investigation is now focusing on the racket's nexus, modus operandi and m ...Read More >
KANPUR The investigation into Kanpur's illegal kidney transplant racket took a dramatic turn after investigators recovered a 19-second video showing key accused "celebrating" their illicit gains. The footage, retrieved from the mobile phone of arrested broker, Shivam Aggarwal, purportedly shows Dr Afzal and logistics manager, Parvez Saifi, sitting on a bed covered with over 50 bundles of ₹500 currency notes. The clip has become one of the most telling pieces of evidence of the scale of money th ...Read More >
India: India's active Covid-19 case count has exceeded 6,000, with 378 new cases identified within the past 24 hours, as reported by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) on Sunday. The overall count of active Covid-19 cases in India has hit 6,133, with Kerala reporting the highest number of new infections, trailed by Gujarat and West Bengal. Covid-19 Cases In India The active Covid cases increased by 378 in India since Saturday, totalling 6,133, with 753 patients either recovered or discharged in the last 24 hours, according to the health ministry's report on Sunday. The natio ...Read More >