Tag: Fortis Hospital

First human-to-human heart transplant in eastern India

Kolkata: In what is claimed to be the first human-to-human heart transplant in eastern India, surgeons in a Kolkata private hospital on Monday transplanted the heart of a 21-year-old man who died in Bengaluru a day back on a 39-year-old patient from Jharkhand. “This operation is being performed for the first time in the eastern […]

  • Wednesday, 07 July 2021
Girl-death
Girl dies of dengue, hospital charges Rs 18 lakh from family

Gurugram: Parents of a seven-year-old girl, who died of dengue after undergoing treatment at a Fortis Hospital here, were allowed to take their daughter’s dead body after paying the exorbitant bill of Rs 18 lakh. Residents of West Delhi’s Dwarka, the parents of the deceased have alleged that the hospital staff kept their daughter on […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Human heart
Heart 'flies' from Indore to Mumbai in 116 minutes to save Odisha youth

Precise and meticulous planning by various private and government agencies enabled a donated heart "fly" from Indore to Mumbai within just 116 minutes to save the life of a 22-year-old cardiac patient from Odisha at a hospital here on Saturday, officials said

  • Thursday, 01 July 2021
Organ-Donation
Two brain-dead patients give new lease of life to 13 people

Bengaluru: Families of two people who were declared brain-dead have decided to donate their organs to over 13 people, a private hospital here said on Saturday. In one case, a 21-year-old daily wage worker met with an accident near here and was declared brain-dead, and his family took the noble decision of going ahead with […]

  • Monday, 26 April 2021
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