Benevolence, technology save lives of two infants

It's a perfect case of kindness and technology coming to the aid of two four month-old infants born with defective heart valves in the city.Thanks to the courageous and noble act of parents of Sony, a 40-day-old brain-dead infant, in allowing the doctors to harvest the vital organs, Devi Priya and Sahil have received a fresh lease of life. Both the children, now around four-months old received the heart valves, harvested from Sony recently.

Encourage Organ Donation: Azad

The Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad has called for stepping up the drive to generate awareness about organ and tissue donation in the society. The Minister noted that there is a huge gap between demand and availability of human organs and tissues. Shri Azad today released a book published by the Organ Retrieval Banking Organization of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, titled – “A Tribute to Life”. The book features the donors and their families who have taken the crucial decision of donating organs and tissues of their near and dear ones and rendered yeomen service to society by saving lives of many other people in need.