Dr Naimish Mehta of Sir Ganga Ram Hospital said there is nothing that the Singapore hospital has which those in India don't have. ...
06:55 PM, Dec 28, 2012
Beijing: China's reliance on organ transplants from condemned prisoners will end within two years as more people are coming forward to donate as demonstrated by a trial project, a senior Chinese official said. From March 2010 to the end of September 2012, the trial consisted of 465 donation cases, which resulted in 1,279 organs being donated by members of the public, Huang Jiefu, vice minister of health said. The move...
07:14 PM, Nov 22, 2012
CHENNAI: Apollo Transplant Institutes have become the busiest solid organ transplant programmes in the world, having conducted 929 liver, kidney and heart transplants during 2011. Addressing the media on this occasion, Dr. Prathap C Reddy, Chairman, Apollo Hospitals Group said, Our aim at the Apollo Transplant Institutes is to be the best centre for transplantation in the world. Dr Anupam Sibal, Group Medical Director, Apollo Hospitals Group and Senior Consultant,...
07:45 AM, Feb 16, 2012
Hollis: A 9-year-old Maine girl is home from a Boston hospital healthy, active and with high hopes - and a new stomach, liver, spleen, small intestine, pancreas, and part of an esophagus to replace the ones that were being choked by a huge tumour. It's believed to be the first-ever transplant of an esophagus and the largest number of organs transplanted at one time in New England. Spunky and bright-eyed...
10:34 AM, Feb 07, 2012
Maine: Ronald Lee Herrick, who donated a kidney to his dying twin brother 56 years ago in what's recognized as the world's first successful organ transplant, has died of complications following heart surgery. He was 79. Herrick died Monday at the Augusta Rehabilitation Center in Augusta, said his wife, Cynthia. He had been in deteriorating health since his October surgery, she said. Herrick gave a kidney to his twin brother,...
03:59 PM, Dec 30, 2010
More than two lakh Indians require organ transplants every year but only ten percent manage to get them. ...
12:44 PM, Dec 02, 2010
Using stem cell eliminates the risk of patient's body rejecting new organ. ...
09:05 PM, Nov 20, 2008
Chennai: New South Wales all-rounder Steven Smith feels the absence of Kieron Pollard and Dwayne Bravo will work to their advantage when they take on Trinidad and Tobago in their Champions League T20 clash here on Wednesday. Pollard and Bravo were part of the T&T side that made the final of the inaugural edition in 2009, but both the West Indies stars made themselves unable for selection to the home...
11:41 AM, Mar 04, 2008
New Delhi: If you didn't know Yuzvendra Chahal was a cricketer, one ball, two scampered runs and a jubilant sprint towards the Mumbai Indians dug out on Monday made him grin like a cheshire cat, while confirming that this Champions League Twenty20 might not be for the faint-hearted. Just four days and six matches old, the CLT20 has turned expectations from the tournament upside down. Expected to be a flop...
11:35 AM, Mar 04, 2008
Ahmedabad: Former Gujarat Cricket Association president Narhari Amin on Thursday alleged that the ICC had severely criticised facilities at the Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera during the three World Cup matches early this year. We have accessed the report of ICC which was given to BCCI, which says 'the standard of facilities in majority of stadiums (especially in India) was of variable quality ranging from being world class in Chennai to...
03:00 PM, Feb 18, 2008
New Delhi: India's out-of-form off-spinner Harbhajan Singh was on Wednesday ruled out for the third Test against England after sustaining an abdominal injury during the second Test at Trent Bridge. Harbhajan - who claimed just two wickets - in the first two Tests bowled only nine overs in the second innings at Trent Bridge but came out to bat and scored a stroke-filled 46 runs, raising doubts about the seriousness...
08:16 PM, Feb 17, 2008
Mumbai: The return to form of paceman Ishant Sharma in the West Indies tour is good news for India as he and Zaheer Khan will form a formidable pair in India's Test series against England starting later this month, former captain Dilip Vengsarkar said here on Tuesday. "I'm glad Ishant is back into form. Zaheer is also there. They will form a formidable pair," said Vengsarkar after releasing a book...
11:18 PM, Feb 11, 2008
Aston Rowant: Pacer Amita Sharma and spinner Ekta Bisht shared six wickets between them as India defeated New Zealand by 32 runs in the play-off match to finish third in the Women's Quadrangular Series, here on Thursday. Invited to bat, India were all out for 150 in 46.3 overs but were successful in defending the modest total as they bundled out the Kiwi side for 118 in 40.3 overs. It...
01:21 AM, Feb 11, 2008
Lahore: Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq has backed the ICC's decision to enforce the Decision Review System in Tests and ODIs, saying the innovation reduces pressure on on-field umpires. The 37-year-old batsman said the DRS, if implemented with the right technology, would go a long way in helping the umpires officiate games more smoothly. From my personal experience, I have found the system very useful and basically it gives the batting and...
01:31 PM, Feb 10, 2008
Port of Spain: The West Indies Players Association (WIPA) has welcomed the lead taken by Caricom (Caribben Community) to resolve the ongoing dispute between estranged Jamaican opener Chris Gayle and the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB). In a statement on Monday, WIPA said it viewed the move with "considerable optimism" and thanked Caricom for deciding to play an active role in the impasse. "WIPA is pleased that Caricom has heeded...
09:49 PM, Feb 09, 2008
Melbourne: Fallen power Australia are not even thinking about a return to the top of the Test rankings, according to coach Tim Nielsen, as the team seek to rebuild following their humiliating Ashes defeat to England. The World Cup quarter-finalists remain top dogs in the one-day game but have slipped to fifth in Test rankings behind India, South Africa, England and Sri Lanka after their 3-1 loss on home soil...
07:18 PM, Feb 09, 2008
Lahore: The Pakistan Cricket Board on Monday said it had given clearance to former captain Shahid Afridi to take part in the inaugural Sri Lankan Premier League starting later this month. A senior PCB official confirmed that they had given permission for the Sri Lankan authorities to sign on around 10 Pakistani players for the league and that list included Afridi. We gave these permissions and clearance for the players ...
02:14 PM, Feb 09, 2008
The all-rounder said the Kolkata-based team has the necessary fire power to challenge the Mumbai outfit. ...
05:17 PM, Jan 28, 2008
Lahore: Former Pakistan Test off-spinner and current umpire Akram Raza has been arrested after police conducted a raid to bust a gang of bookmakers taking illegal bets on the ongoing Indian Premier League matches. We arrested seven men from a plaza in Liberty area in Gulberg today and one of them has been identified as Akram Raza a former Pakistan player, a senior police officer at the Gulberg police station...
11:24 AM, Jan 25, 2008
Georgetown, Guyana: Off-spinner Saeed Ajmal took 6-42 and captain Misbah-ul-Haq and Asad Shafiq followed up with an unbroken 78-run partnership that gave Pakistan a narrow edge over West Indies on day three of a low-scoring first Test on Saturday. At the close at the National Stadium, Providence, the visitors were 80-3 in pursuit of a victory target of 219. Misbah and Shafiq rescued their team from the peril of 2-3...
10:36 AM, Jan 25, 2008
