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Dr Rachel Clarke won the Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction for The Story of a Heart.

‘We’re spending on sexy AI instead of vaccinating babies’: The Story of a Heart author Dr Rachel Clarke

February 02, 2026 4:56 pm

The doctor, who won the prestigious Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction, speaks on feminism, medicine, grief, and why healthcare systems still value profit and novelty over prevention and care.

The heart transplant was performed at Mumbai’s Dr L H Hiranandani Hospital on December 26, by a team led by Dr Pravin Kulkarni, Director, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery.

How collective support helped Thane autorickshaw driver return to the road with new heart

January 22, 2026 7:07 pm

The heart transplant was performed at Mumbai’s Dr L H Hiranandani Hospital on December 26, by a team led by Dr Pravin Kulkarni, Director, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery.

Data released by the Union health ministry in Parliament on Wednesday reveals that 2,805 people died waiting for organs between 2020-2024. Delhi tops the list with 1,425 patients followed by Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. (Express Photo)

Nearly 3,000 Indians died waiting for organs in 5 years; over 82,000 still on transplant waitlist

December 11, 2025 4:08 pm

Data provided by the Union health ministry in Parliament shows that Maharashtra tops the organ transplant waitlist with 20,553 patients, followed by Gujarat and Tamil Nadu.

This milestone could pave the way for broader use of artificial hearts

‘Whole new ball game for heart transplants’: Australian man survives 100 days with artificial titanium heart

March 16, 2025 5:06 pm

In India, where heart disease is a leading cause of mortality and donor shortages persist, such technology could be revolutionary.

Patient dies 41 days after historic heart transplant at Mumbai's KEM Hospital

September 03, 2024 6:06 pm

When Mahesh Pandav, 38, underwent the 12-hour procedure on July 12, it was only the second heart transplant in the 56-year history of the hospital run by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation.

Deepak (the man in greenish shirt) honoured on Wednesday by the hospital dean. (Express Photo)

KEM performs first successful heart transplant by a civic hospital in India, patient returns home with heart at 60% pumping capacity

August 02, 2024 8:36 am

According to Dr Uday Jadhav, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeon at KEM, the recipient, a resident of Aurangabad, has made a full recovery and is now back home.

How AI can hasten heart transplant recovery with no blood transfusion or loss

October 24, 2023 10:51 am

Technology analyses blood coagulation factors every 10 minutes, giving an almost real-time picture of how the blood is reacting in the body prior, during and post-surgery. This allows surgeons minimise blood loss and organ rejection

With a donor heart, 23-year-old won bronze medal at a global sports event

August 13, 2023 2:51 pm

Beyond a win at the World Transplant Games, 29-year-old Rahul now counsels and encourages donor families and organ recipients. ‘Once the transplant is done, a patient has to wait six months indoors to avoid organ rejection and infection. Then they can resume their normal lives, return to their colleges or jobs as the case may be,’ says Dr Sandeep Seth, Professor of Cardiology, AIIMS, Delhi

Pune hospital performs heart-lung transplant on UK-based doctor suffering from rare autoimmune disease

November 29, 2022 8:29 am

The 46-year-old woman doctor had multiple episodes of Raynaud’s phenomenon and she developed an interstitial lung disease, which was diagnosed in 2016, followed by severe pulmonary hypertension in 2017. She also had esophageal dysmotility and reflux disease.

How donor hearts gifted life to Anwar, Lavanya and Mitesh

August 03, 2022 7:36 pm

Their stories extend hope for a collaborative future by addressing the need for organ donation so that more people can benefit and get a quality life, says Dr Anvay Mulay, who is now Director, Advanced Cardiac Surgery and Heart Transplant, Sir H N Reliance Foundation Hospital, Mumbai