NEW DELHI, INDIA, October 06, 2008
/24-7PressRelease/ -- All India Seminar on organ donation was organised by The Lifecare Foundation of India. The chief guest of this seminar was Dr. Ashok Walia, Finance Minister of India and Dr. Harshvardhan, BJP President and former health minister of Delhi. Hundreds of Delegates from all over India has participated in this seminar and many surgeons, social workers and leaders were present their opinion on organ donation. Because there is a large number of patients who need organ transplants all over the world and because this number is increasing rapidly, the need for organ donations has increased too leading to a shortage in organs. The President of The lifecare foundation Mr. Deepak Dube has announced that his organization in donating an Ambulance for organ Donation to AIIMS. People without medical ethics took advantage of this shortage and started a business known as 'organ trafficking. Prof. Dr. R.K. Mishra has highlighted the advantage of laparoscopic donor nephrectomy, laparoscopic donor pncreatectomy and laparoscopic liver donation. Prof. Mishra said that "The most commonly transplanted organ is the kidney from living donors and only a few select countries have active deceased donor transplants. The live donor should undergo surgery by laparoscopy. Shortage of dead donors has also affected the average number of kidney transplants being performed which is about 15 per million people as compared to 27 in Europe and 52 in the US. The detail can be seen at: http://www.laparoscopyhospital.com/about_us.htm
About Laparoscopy /hospital
Laparoscopy Hospital in New Delhi was established with the purpose of advancing the field of minimally invasive surgery. Combining clinical expertise across the surgical specialties with advanced technology, the Center is dedicated to providing outstanding patient care focused on continually improving health outcomes, transferring knowledge through a vigorous program of medical education and expanding the frontiers of surgery via cutting edge research. The detail can be seen at http://www.laparoscopyhospital.com
Laparoscopy Hospital has been established by Prof. Dr. R. K. Mishra. MRCS,M.MAS (U.K). to provide advanced surgical treatment through minimal access surgery. Dr. Mishra is elected as a member of more that 20 organizations all over the world. Dr. Mishra is an active member of Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES). He is Indian President and life member of World Association of Laparoscopic surgeons. He is life Member of Indian Medical Association and life member of Indian association of Gastro-Intestinal Endosurgeons.
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