Tag: Transplant
2 kids who had BMT in Children Hospital die of complications
LAHORE: On Monday, the spokesman of Children Hospital informed that the two kids suffering from beta thalassemia major Bilal and Ashir, who underwent bone marrow...
World’s first penis transplant patient to father a child
A young South African man who had the world’s first successful penis transplant last December has impregnated his girlfriend, the doctor who led the...
300, 000 patients need liver transplant in the country
Around 300, 000 patients of liver diseases need liver transplant due to which cadaver donation has become the need of the hour as one...
SC gives 2 weeks for effective legislation on human organs transplant
The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the federal and provincial governments to effectively legislate over the issue of transplant of human organs.
A three-member SC...
Shifa formally opens first liver transplant centre
After performing four successful living donor liver transplants in last six weeks, Shifa International Hospital (SIH) on Saturday formally opened its liver transplant center...
SC wants notification on human organs transplant issued within 6 weeks
The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed all provincial governments and the Capital Administration and Development Islamabad (CADD), to issue a notification within six weeks...
First-ever liver transplant unit inoperative since inception
Pakistan’s first liver transplantation unit, inaugurated by the Punjab Chief Minister on Feb 25, in Shaikh Zaid Hospital (SZH), lack facilities as even...
CPSP president lauds Shifa Hospital’s liver transplant programme
College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan (CPSP) President Prof Zafarullah Chaudhry has commended Shifa International Hospital (SIH) for starting living donor liver transplant programme...
Indian, Pakistani surgeons perform successful liver transplant
A group of Indian and Pakistani doctors have jointly performed a complicated living donour liver transplant procedure at the Sheikh Zayed Hospital for the...
Organ transplant institute being set up: Shahbaz
Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said on Friday that a state-of-the-art organ transplant institute was being set up in Lahore for the provision of liver...
Heart transplant still a dream
Heart transplant in patients with advanced cardiac diseases is still a dream in Pakistan despite availability of the medical expertise, technological equipment, drugs and...
‘Liver transplant can be performed as planned surgery’
Living donor liver transplant was the best option for liver transplant patients in Asian countries like Pakistan and India, said HPB Surgery Global Hospital...
Name SZH Liver Transplant Centre after Arsalan: PM
Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani directed the Sheikh Zayed Hospital administration to name the liver transplant institute after late Muhammad Arsalan, who donated his...
Capital to have liver transplant facility soon
Prime Minister (PM) Yousaf Raza Gilani on Saturday said the government was working on the prevention, control and treatment of hepatitis on priority basis...
Liver transplant facility available, but few donors
While a ray of hope has emerged for people with liver disorders after a successful cadaveric liver transplant, they face another dilemma because of...
Organ transplant centre to start functioning on 13th
The Centre for Liver Disease and Organ Transplant (CLDOT) at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) - one of the first transplant centres in...
Human organs transplant accused sent on remand
The Cantt judicial magistrate on Monday sent sevens people, including Dr Hanif, Nadeem, Imran, Mushtaq, Sagheer, Mubashir and Ali involved in an illegal business...
