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Karad: In a deeply emotional end to a prolonged struggle, Neelam Tanaji Shinde from Vadgaon (Umbraj) in Karad taluka passed away in the United States after battling critical injuries for 14 months following a horrific accident. Her death has left her family and thousands of Indians, including NRIs in America, in profound grief. Neelam had met with a severe accident in the US on February 14, 2025, suffering a critical head injury. She underwent emergency surgery and was admitted to the intensive ...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 >
BENGALURU: NU Hospitals, Shivamogga, has performed the first cadaveric kidney transplant in the Malnad region, marking a significant step towards decentralising advanced healthcare services. The donor organ was retrieved from a brain-dead patient at Father Muller Hospital after the family consented to organ donation. The recipient, a 71-year-old patient with a history of ischemic heart disease, underwent a complex and high-risk procedure that lasted several hours overnight. The surgery was led ...Read More >
LUCKNOW: In a major crackdown, the Kanpur police have busted an illegal kidney transplant racket spread across multiple cities, including Nepal, and arrested six persons, including a doctor couple, their three doctor partners and an ambulance operator, late on Monday night. As per police sources, the arrests were made following a complaint by an MBA student, who alleged that one of his kidneys was purchased for Rs 10 lakh and sold to a patient for Rs 60 lakh, but he was paid Rs 50,000 less than ...Read More >
Chennai : NephroPlus, a leading network of dialysis centres, brought its flagship patient engagement initiative 'Aashayein 2026' to life at The Vijay Park, Madhavaram, Chennai, uniting dialysis patients, caregivers, nephrologists and healthcare experts for a powerful day of hope, resilience and community spirit. The event spotlighted inspiring patient success stories, celebrating individuals who have shown extraordinary strength and commitment to their treatment journey, uplifting and motivating ...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, Dec 17: In a rare and deeply moving case that challenges India's long-standing gender patterns in organ donation, a 65-year-old man donated his kidney to save the life of his 60-year-old diabetic wife at Wockhardt Hospitals, Mumbai Central, earlier this month. The successful transplant stands out in a country where nearly 80 per cent of living kidney donations are made by women -- most often wives or mothers donating to male family members. Male-to-female donations account for only abou ...Read More >
New Delhi: Baek Se-hee, the acclaimed South Korean author behind the bestselling memoir I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki, has died at the age of 35, according to a report by the BBC. Her death has left fans and readers across the globe mourning the loss of a powerful voice in mental health literature. Baek rose to prominence with her 2018 memoir, a deeply personal account structured around therapy sessions with her psychiatrist. The book resonated with a wide audience for its raw, rel ...Read More >
Bangalore : In a remarkable story of resilience, advanced medical care, and the generosity of organ donation, doctors successfully performed a life-saving heart transplant on a 63-year-old man from Madanapalle who was battling end-stage heart failure. Once active and healthy, the patient's life took a dramatic turn after a massive heart attack severely damaged his heart. He became hospital-bound with repeated episodes of heart failure, ultimately requiring continuous IV inotropic therapy (milri ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 28 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Sunday inaugurated the newly constructed flyover at Nand Nagri, stating that the long-pending project has been completed in a short span under her government's tenure. Speaking to the reporters, CM Gupta said, "The work, which was pending for years, was followed up by our government in a short time as soon as it came to power, and today it has been completed for the public at a cost of Rs. 180 crore." Delhi Minister Par ...Read More >
Chennai - Rainbow Children's Hospital, India's leading Paediatric multi-specialty and perinatal care hospital chain, has achieved a landmark in the nation's medical history by performing India's first live Paediatric liver transplant for Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis Type 13 (PFIC 13). The procedure was carried out on an eight-year-old boy from Thoothukkudi at the hospital's state-of-the-art Center of Excellence for Paediatric Liver Transplant. Alongside this national first, the ...Read More >
"Ambulance in Delhi should reach before pizza" -- with this message, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Thursday flagged off 11 Centralised Accident and... "Ambulance in Delhi should reach before pizza" -- with this message, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Thursday flagged off 11 Centralised Accident and Trauma Services (CATS) ambulances in the national capital, officials said. The chief minister also said that hundreds more are in the pipeline, with the fleet expected to touch 53 by October and then ...Read More >
Rekha Gupta on Thursday also unveiled some key healthcare initiatives (File) New Delhi: "Ambulance in Delhi should reach before pizza" -- with this message, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Thursday flagged off 11 Centralised Accident and Trauma Services (CATS) ambulances in the national capital, officials said. The chief minister also said that hundreds more are in the pipeline, with the fleet expected to touch 53 by October and then eventually scale up to 1,000. Rekha Gupta on Thursday also u ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: EC on Thursday revised the rules relating to counting of postal ballots, making it mandatory for all postal ballot papers to be counted before the penultimate round of EVM/VVPATs counting is taken up.The new practice will be first implemented in Bihar where assembly polls are due in Nov.This restores the arrangement prior to May 2019, when EC had changed the guidelines to allow EVM counting to proceed regardless of postal ballot counting stage. The 2019 change did not rule out chances ...Read More >
"Ambulance in Delhi should reach before pizza" -- with this message, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Thursday flagged off 11 Centralised Accident and Trauma Services ambulances in the national capital, officials said. IMAGE: Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta during the launch of 11 CATS ambulances in New Delhi, Septemebr 25, 2025. Photograph: Courtesy Rekha Gupta on X A series of health services and facilities were launched on Thursday as part of 'Sewa Pakhwada' (service fortnight), an initiative ...Read More >
KOCHI: Biljith Biju was a first-year engineering student at Adi Shankara Institute of Engineering and Technology (ASIET) in Kalady. The 18-year-old Nedumbassery resident was riding a motorcycle on September 2 when a lorry that went out of control ran him over. "Pedestrian passersby moved him to the hospital. There was blood loss. Considering his age, a surgery was performed to save his life. But on the tenth day, he was declared brain dead," said a source. Biljith's heart, kidneys, corneas, liv ...Read More >
KOCHI: Biljith Biju and Isaac George, two youngsters who were declared brain dead last week, have, through organ donation, served a purpose beyond saving lives -- raising awareness of the importance of their life-affirming acts of eternal kindness. And, this has reflected in the number of organ-donation pledges made in the state on Friday and Saturday. On September 13, 191 people pledged to donate organs after their death. The number was 193 on September 12. "Factors like acceptance and the ho ...Read More >
Kochi, Sep 13 (PTI) The heart transplantation surgery of a 13-year-old girl, who was rushed to Kochi from Kollam on the Vande Bharat Express train, was successfully completed at a private hospital here on Saturday, hospital authorities said. The heart, donated by Biljith (18), a native of Mallussery in Nedumbassery who was declared brain dead following a road accident, was transplanted into the teenager from Eroor in Kollam at Lisie Hospital by a team led by noted cardiac surgeon Dr Jose Chacko ...Read More >
Bengaluru: In a first for the city, Apollo Hospitals, Seshadripuram, in collaboration with Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) and state health authority, Jeeva Sarthakathe (JSK), successfully facilitated the transportation of a donated human heart through the Metro rail network - finding a novel way to beat Bengaluru's traffic woes. The heart, harvested from a donor at a private hospital in Yeshwanthpur, was required to be transported swiftly to Apollo Hospitals, Seshadripuram, fo ...Read More >
Doctors at a private hospital successfully performed a heart transplant after the organ was airlifted from Thiruvananthapuram with the support of the Kerala government. Doctors at a private hospital successfully carried out a heart transplant after the organ was airlifted from Thiruvananthapuram with assistance from the Kerala government, hospital officials said on Thursday. The heart of Kottarakara native Isaac, who was declared brain-dead following an accident, was transplanted into 28-year- ...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 na ...Read More >
Bengaluru : Mankind Pharma, India's fourth largest pharma company, has launched a powerful video campaign featuring legendary actor Amitabh Bachchan to raise awareness about organ donation on World Organ Donation Day. The campaign themed "Live Beyond Your Life" aims to address India's critically low organ donation rates and encourage more citizens to register as organ donors. Link to the video campaign: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oe2hOqlWXJs The sobering reality in India is that for every ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: A 50-year-old man died and his daughter was injured on Thursday morning when a tree fell on them while they were riding a motorcycle in southeast Delhi's Kalkaji area amid heavy rainfall in the national capital. According to a senior police officer, around 9:50 am, an old roadside Neem tree suddenly fell in front of HDFC Bank near Paras Chowk, Kalkaji. Two people a motorcycle trapped under it. They have been identified as Sudhir Kumar and his daughter Priya (22). Upon recieving info ...Read More >
Mumbai - On the occasion of World Organ Donation Day (August 13), Wockhardt Hospitals, Mira Road, conducted a month-long organ donation awareness campaign from July 11 to August 13. Under this initiative, awareness sessions were organized in schools, colleges, and corporate offices across Mira Road, Bhayandar, Vasai-Virar and various parts of Mumbai. Through health lectures, interactive sessions, informative brochures, and real-life testimonials, the message of organ donation reached more than 5 ...Read More >
PRNewswire Hyderabad (Telangana) [India]/ Cincinnati (Ohio) [US], August 14: Narwal, an award-winning niche technology solutions company, is excited to announce the appointment of Ravi Tenneti as Chief Strategy and Technology Officer. This strategic addition to Narwal's leadership team underscores the company's commitment to advancing its AI-first vision and delivering intelligent, enterprise-ready solutions across industries--further strengthening Narwal's position as a trusted partner for AI, ...Read More >
India Organ Donation: Organ donation In India Faces Major Challenges Despite Revised Guidelines Organ donation in India continues to face significant hurdles, even with revised guidelines in place. The demand for organs far exceeds supply, leading to long waiting times and preventable deaths. Awareness, infrastructure, and regulatory challenges remain key barriers in addressing the country's organ donation crisis. #organdonation #organdonationawareness #indiaorgandonation ...Read More >
Kolkata : To commemorate Indian Organ Donation Day -- observed annually on August 3rd to mark the anniversary of India's first successful deceased donor heart transplant -- Manipal Hospital, EM Bypass, organized a Patient Education Programme aimed at spreading awareness about the importance of organ donation and transplantation. The session was graced by (Prof.) Dr. Dilip Kumar Pahari, Senior Consultant and Head of Nephrology, Manipal Hospital, EM Bypass and (Prof.) Dr. Arpita Ray Chowdhury (Lah ...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 cl ...Read More >
VIJAYAWADA: Manipal Hospital Vijayawada conducted an organ donation awareness programme at VR Siddhartha University, Kanuru, on Wednesday, attended by around 2,000 students. The session featured talks by Dr Rajesh Bathini, Consultant - Medical Gastroenterology, and Dr Hari Prasad N, Consultant - Urology & Renal Transplant Surgery. Hospital Medical Superintendent Dr. Utham Sharma was present, along with chief guest A Mohan, Joint Transport Commissioner, Andhra Pradesh. The event aimed to dispel ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], August 14 (ANI): The credit-to-deposit ratio in Indian banks has stayed below 80 per cent as credit offtake in the country continues to lag, according to a report by CareEdge Ratings. The report highlighted that while both credit offtake and deposit growth have increased sequentially, they remain significantly lower than the levels seen last year. Deposits continued to outpace credit offtake in the current fortnight, leading to a narrowing of the credit-deposit gap. It state ...Read More >
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