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Encourage free market in body parts Published on : Wednesday, August 18, 2010 Jurgen de Wispelaere, a medical ethics researcher from the Universite de Montreal suggested that tax credits be used to encourage organ donation. Let's forget about it and think of having a free market in body organs. Some might find the whole idea repulsive, but how right is it to impose ones ethical positions on others? Why should voluntary actions of individuals be stopped?, writes Bruce Korol in Edmonton Journal.
Great advancements made in breast reconstruction Published on : Sunday, June 06, 2010 An expert in breast reconstruction in post-cancerous breast removal, Venkat V. Ramakrishnan explains how much this procedure can help women. “Removal of the breast is a huge blow to feminity. Every woman who has had a breast removed must be offered the possibility of reconstruction,” says he.
The Meat Market Published on : Friday, January 08, 2010 Millions of people suffer from kidney disease, but in 2007 there were just 64,606 kidney-transplant operations in the entire world. In the U.S. alone, 83,000 people wait on the official kidney-transplant list. But just 16,500 people received a kidney transplant in 2008, while almost 5,000 died waiting for one, writes Alex Taberrok.
Cross-border organ trade Published on : Saturday, June 27, 2009 Taking cognizance of a TOI report on illegal cross-border organ trade, Pakistan’s Supreme Court has come down heavily on those involved in the racket. While ordering Lahore-based Aadil Hospital to furnish complete details of all operations undertaken by it in the last three years within two weeks, writes Shimona Kanwar in the Times of India.
Liver donor’s family and recipient to meet after 24 years Published on : Monday, July 07, 2008 In 1984, Trine Engebretsen became one of the youngest recipients of a liver from an 18 month old girl, Amanda DeLapp. Amanda had died of a brain tumor, while Trine was born with a rare genetic disorder. The two toddlers had never met. Now Trine, 26, and the DeLapp family are preparing to meet next week, for the first time. "I've waited 24 years to be able to say thank you," Trine says from her home in Florida, reports Jennifer C. Yates for the AP
Organ trade: Health Ministry proposes stringent changes in law Published on : Saturday, July 05, 2008 The Health Ministry has proposed stringent amendments to the Transplantation of Human Organ Act, 1994. Besides seeking to increase the punishment to offenders under the Act, the amendments also propose curbs on foreigners who come to India for organ transplants. According to doctors, foreigners account for 30-40 per cent of the transplants, usually kidney or liver, in India. The amendments also places restrictions on organ donation by children, reports Teena Thacker in the Indian Express
Organ trade: The Iran model Published on : Friday, June 20, 2008 In India, a huge demand exists
Saving lives after death Published on : Thursday, May 15, 2008 The main source of transplanted organs all over the world, though not in India, is dead bodies, also known as cadavers. Recent refinements in language made people feel that the term cadaver was crude, and also it applies to any dead body. Since organs can be used for transplantation only soon after death, the term has since been modified. The other organs often used in India are the heart and the liver. These can be used only if they are removed from a heart beating donor, who must be brain dead and has the organs sustained by artificial ventilation, writes Dr M K Mani in the Hindu
Spare a thought for the organ donor Published on : Thursday, May 15, 2008 The Kidney Help Trust now covers a population of 43,000 people in some 60 villages and hamlets, and it has run for 13 years. The prevalence of chronic kidney failure has been brought down from 28 per thousand of the population to 11 per thousand, at a cost of Rs. 21.75 per capita a year. This has been adjudged by the International Society of Nephrology to be the world’s best prevention programme for a poor country, and should be applied all over India, writes M K Mani in the Hindu
Iran a surprising model for kidney markets: Cato Study Published on : Thursday, April 10, 2008 The United States suffers from an acute shortage of kidneys for transplant, with 73,000 people waiting for deceased donors to make organs available. Allowing compensation for donors, an idea that has allowed Iran to completely eliminate its waiting lists, would help solve this problem, reports a new study by the Cato Institute. In "Organ Sales and Moral Travails," Benjamin E. Hippen, MD, transplant nephrologist, shows that Iran's system of compensated donation has effectively provided the organs needed for transplant.
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