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World's First HIV-To-HIV Lung Transplant Offers New Hope For Patients
Doctors at NYU Langone Health in the US have successfully performed the world's first lung transplant between an HIV-positive donor and an HIV-positive recipient. Experts say the breakthrough could significantly expand organ access for people living with HIV.
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Safe Blood Donation Practices: Doctor Shares Screening, Storage And Transfusion Protocols
Safe blood practices go beyond technology and laboratory testing. They require a culture of quality, vigilance, continuous training, and adherence to established protocols.
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Rights Body Takes Note As 5 Children Get HIV-Infected Blood In Madhya Pradesh
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken cognisance of the shocking case in which five children tested HIV positive after allegedly being administered infected blood during transfusions at government health facilities in Madhya Pradesh.
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Jharkhand Officials Suspended As 5 Test HIV-Positive After Blood Transfusion
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Sunday ordered the suspension of West Singhbum district Civil Surgeon and other concerned officials after five children suffering from thalassemia tested HIV-positive following blood transfusions.
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'Human Barbie' Hopes To Remain 'Ageless' Using Son's Blood, Sparks Debate
Marcela Iglesias, 47, a self-proclaimed 'human Barbie' has already spent close to $100,000 on cosmetic procedures.
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AIIMS Delhi Performs India's First Successful Foetal Blood Transfusion
A woman who previously suffered seven failed pregnancies has recently delivered a healthy child with the help of doctors at AIIMS Delhi after they successfully treated her foetus suffering from a rare blood disorder through the transfusion of O D phe
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23-Year-Old Man Dies After Wrong Blood Transfusion in Jaipur Hospital
A 23-year-old man died here at the state-run Sawai Man Singh Hospital on Friday, around a fortnight after he was transfused with a wrong blood type, an official said.
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Rajasthan Man, 23, Put On Dialysis After Wrong Blood Transfusion: Official
A 23-year-old man was allegedly transfused with the wrong type of blood that led to complications in both kidneys at the state-run Sawai Man Singh (SMS) Hospital here, officials said on Thursday.
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Transgenders' Exclusion As Blood Donors Challenged. What Supreme Court Said
A recipient must be assured that the blood being transfused is clean, the Supreme Court said on Wednesday while hearing a plea challenging the 2017 guidelines excluding transgenders.
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UK Researchers Give Lab-Grown Blood To Humans In World-First Clinical Trial
Blood grown in a laboratory has been transfused into humans in a world-first clinical trial that researchers in the United Kingdom say could significantly improve treatment for people with blood disorders and rare blood types.
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Woman Holds Blood Bag For Transfusion As Daughter Sits On Hospital Floor
A woman stands with a blood bag in her hand, its cord attached to her daughter's arm, who was seen sitting on the ground, in a scene of sheer medical apathy from Madhya Pradesh.
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UK To Compensate People Infected Through Contaminated Blood Transfusions
Thousands of people in Britain infected with HIV and hepatitis C through contaminated blood transfusions will receive a compensation payment decades after the scandal, the UK government announced on Wednesday.
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4 Children Become HIV Positive After Blood Transfusion In Nagpur, 1 Dies
The Food and Drugs Department (FDA) has also started a preliminary investigation into the case.
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Odisha Woman Dies Allegedly After Wrong Blood Group Transfusion
A 25-year-old woman died after blood of the wrong group was allegedly administered to her at a hospital in Odisha's Sundargarh district.
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Pregnant Woman, Given HIV-Infected Blood In Tamil Nadu, To Get Rs 25 Lakh
The Madras High Court on Friday ordered Rs 25 lakh compensation, a government job and a house for a pregnant woman, who was transfused with HIV-infected blood at a state-run hospital in Tamil Nadu's Sattur town where she was treated for anaemia in December 2018.
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World's First HIV-To-HIV Lung Transplant Offers New Hope For Patients
Doctors at NYU Langone Health in the US have successfully performed the world's first lung transplant between an HIV-positive donor and an HIV-positive recipient. Experts say the breakthrough could significantly expand organ access for people living with HIV.
-
Safe Blood Donation Practices: Doctor Shares Screening, Storage And Transfusion Protocols
Safe blood practices go beyond technology and laboratory testing. They require a culture of quality, vigilance, continuous training, and adherence to established protocols.
-
Rights Body Takes Note As 5 Children Get HIV-Infected Blood In Madhya Pradesh
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken cognisance of the shocking case in which five children tested HIV positive after allegedly being administered infected blood during transfusions at government health facilities in Madhya Pradesh.
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Jharkhand Officials Suspended As 5 Test HIV-Positive After Blood Transfusion
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Sunday ordered the suspension of West Singhbum district Civil Surgeon and other concerned officials after five children suffering from thalassemia tested HIV-positive following blood transfusions.
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'Human Barbie' Hopes To Remain 'Ageless' Using Son's Blood, Sparks Debate
Marcela Iglesias, 47, a self-proclaimed 'human Barbie' has already spent close to $100,000 on cosmetic procedures.
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AIIMS Delhi Performs India's First Successful Foetal Blood Transfusion
A woman who previously suffered seven failed pregnancies has recently delivered a healthy child with the help of doctors at AIIMS Delhi after they successfully treated her foetus suffering from a rare blood disorder through the transfusion of O D phe
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23-Year-Old Man Dies After Wrong Blood Transfusion in Jaipur Hospital
A 23-year-old man died here at the state-run Sawai Man Singh Hospital on Friday, around a fortnight after he was transfused with a wrong blood type, an official said.
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Rajasthan Man, 23, Put On Dialysis After Wrong Blood Transfusion: Official
A 23-year-old man was allegedly transfused with the wrong type of blood that led to complications in both kidneys at the state-run Sawai Man Singh (SMS) Hospital here, officials said on Thursday.
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Transgenders' Exclusion As Blood Donors Challenged. What Supreme Court Said
A recipient must be assured that the blood being transfused is clean, the Supreme Court said on Wednesday while hearing a plea challenging the 2017 guidelines excluding transgenders.
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UK Researchers Give Lab-Grown Blood To Humans In World-First Clinical Trial
Blood grown in a laboratory has been transfused into humans in a world-first clinical trial that researchers in the United Kingdom say could significantly improve treatment for people with blood disorders and rare blood types.
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Woman Holds Blood Bag For Transfusion As Daughter Sits On Hospital Floor
A woman stands with a blood bag in her hand, its cord attached to her daughter's arm, who was seen sitting on the ground, in a scene of sheer medical apathy from Madhya Pradesh.
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UK To Compensate People Infected Through Contaminated Blood Transfusions
Thousands of people in Britain infected with HIV and hepatitis C through contaminated blood transfusions will receive a compensation payment decades after the scandal, the UK government announced on Wednesday.
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4 Children Become HIV Positive After Blood Transfusion In Nagpur, 1 Dies
The Food and Drugs Department (FDA) has also started a preliminary investigation into the case.
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Odisha Woman Dies Allegedly After Wrong Blood Group Transfusion
A 25-year-old woman died after blood of the wrong group was allegedly administered to her at a hospital in Odisha's Sundargarh district.
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Pregnant Woman, Given HIV-Infected Blood In Tamil Nadu, To Get Rs 25 Lakh
The Madras High Court on Friday ordered Rs 25 lakh compensation, a government job and a house for a pregnant woman, who was transfused with HIV-infected blood at a state-run hospital in Tamil Nadu's Sattur town where she was treated for anaemia in December 2018.
