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Dr Sunil Shroff

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 […]

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 […]