How Tamil Nadu invested in sustained awareness and building trust to shape its organ donation programme
How Tamil Nadu invested in sustained awareness and building trust to shape its organ donation programme About 72% of deceased organ donations in the country happens in five States – Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Karnataka. Southern states have done well in terms of creating awareness on organ donations. In States such as Tamil […]
Helping in our genes, collective effort can boost organ donation, says Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya
Helping in our genes, collective effort can boost organ donation, says Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya PUNE: Organ donation must pick up pace to match the wide gap between patients who need organs and their availability, Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Tuesday.He was speaking virtually at the panel discussion comprising eminent experts. Mandaviya […]
India’s Brain Death Definition: Supreme Court Reopens Debate on Medical Protocols
India’s Brain Death Definition: Supreme Court Reopens Debate on Medical Protocols India stands at a delicate crossroads. A recent Supreme Court order has reopened the debate on how we define death — specifically, brainstem death — and whether long-standing medical protocols should be re-examined. Public scrutiny is welcome. But when it comes to defining death, […]
A Death-Defining Debate
A Death-Defining Debate There are universally recognised scientific protocols for declaring brain death, which have been developed over 60 years. Yet India still does not have a legally and clinically coherent standard across medical practice, law and public administration “India stands at a delicate crossroads. A recent Supreme Court order has reopened the debate on […]
A Lifeline…by Mohan Foundation
A Lifeline…by Mohan Foundation
Whose Body, Whose Choice? The Organ Donation Dilemma in India
Here’s Why India’s Organ Donation System Struggles Despite Willing Donors
Here’s Why India’s Organ Donation System Struggles Despite Willing Donors
Here’s Why India’s Organ Donation System Struggles Despite Willing Donors Like he did as John McClane in his ‘Die Hard’ outings, Bruce Willis is hanging in offscreen too. Just that the loud explosions, shattered glass and rattling gunfire have now given way to failing speech, fractured personality and fraying judgement. And unlike McClane, he won’t […]
IIMA Hosts International Conference on Organ Donation
IIMA Hosts International Conference on Organ Donation The Centre for Management of Health Services (CMHS) at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA), in collaboration with MOHAN Foundation, is hosting a two-day international conference on organ donation – ‘Amplifying Voices’ – for the first time at the IIMA campus on April 3 and 4, 2026. […]
2nd Edition of the KIMS National Conclave 2025 Held at KIIT
2nd Edition of the KIMS National Conclave 2025 Held at KIIT The Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS), hosted the 2nd edition of the KIMS National Conclave 2025 at the KIIT Convention Centre on 22nd November 2025. The Conclave, conceptualised by Prof. (Dr.) Achyuta Samanta, Hon’ble Founder of KIIT, KISS & KIMS, has grown into […]
Manipal Hospitals Kolkata Hosts Organ Donation Summit – “Best Practices in Organ Donation”
Manipal Hospitals Kolkata Hosts Organ Donation Summit – “Best Practices in Organ Donation” Kolkata: Manipal Hospitals, under its flagship initiative Manipal Organ Sharing & Transplant (MOST), inaugurated the Organ Donation Summit 2025 in Kolkata today, bringing together leading healthcare leaders, specialists, and policymakers on a common platform. The inauguration ceremony witnessed the presence of distinguished […]