Brain dead

7-Eleven employee, left brain-dead after manager ‘sat on top of her’ in violent attack, dies

July 03, 2025 2:18 pm

The accused held the 24-year-old down on the ground and sat on top of her, preventing her from breathing.

The complex logistics of organ transplant: How a Surat donor’s organs were taken to five Indian cities

January 05, 2025 12:57 am

12-year-old brain-dead girl’s organs save 4 lives in Mumbai

July 16, 2024 2:25 pm

The girl suffered from low platelet counts and was diagnosed with a severe and rare disease called immune thrombocytopenia in 2020.

Family of man declared brain dead donates his organs

May 27, 2023 12:55 am

After suffering a brain stroke at work on May 22, the man was rushed to CIMS Hospital in Ahmedabad.

Brain dead after accident, organs of 55-year-old agriculturist save lives

January 06, 2023 1:26 pm

A 24-year-old boy who received the liver and a 39-year-old woman who received the kidney were the recipients of the organs at BGS Gleneagles Global Hospital.

Scientists spur some activity in slaughtered pigs' brains — research might lead to new therapies for stroke

April 17, 2019 11:09 pm

Such research might lead to new therapies for stroke and other conditions, as well as provide a new way to study the brain and how drugs work in it, researchers said. They said they had no current plans to try their technique on human brains.

Brain dead man’s organs save 3 lives; donated liver, kidneys, cornea

August 30, 2017 6:08 am

In 2016, the National Organ & Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO) received around 42,570 pledges for donation of organs and tissues.The exact number of patients in need of organ transplants and the number of successful transplants conducted in India is not known.

2 brain dead persons give new lease of life to 3 patients

August 18, 2017 11:37 am

The heart was then transplanted into a 24-year-old college student from suburban Ghatkopar, who was suffering from a heart ailment and had been on the wait list since May, a release issued by the Fortis Hospital said.

Brain dead man's organs save four lives

July 20, 2017 1:46 pm

The donor's family played an instrumental role and helped lives of other people. It was self-motivated approach and it is heartening to see more families come forward at such difficult times, said Dr Anvay Mulay, who led the heart transplant surgery.