Organ donation: 19-year-old youth, gives new life to three

A plane was arranged to transport his heart from Latur to Mumbai and a green corridor was created to transport his heart to Mumbai. His kidneys went to patients awaiting a transplant in Aurangabad

Organ donation: 19-year-old youth, gives new life to threeA 19-year-old boy from Latur has given a new lease of life to 3 people waiting for donor organs. The boy Kiran Sunil Lobhe was electrocuted at his residence. He was then taken to a private hospital. After being declared brain-dead, yesterday afternoon and the family being counselled, his body was then shifted to Government […]

An engineer from Navi Mumbai gives new life to four

The deceased had met with a bike accident on September 21 and was declared brain-dead on September 23. This is Mumbai's 41st cadaver organ donation, this year

An engineer from Navi Mumbai gives new life to fourA Navi Mumbai engineer gave new lease of life to four people waiting for donor organs for transplant after he was declared brain-dead at Apollo Hospital, Navi Mumbai on September 23. Lokesh Gholap was on his way to the office on his bike when he met with accident on September 21 on the Thane-Belapur road. […]

Doctor steps in as ‘Good Samaritan’ helps in easing treatment of  farmer’s son

A sick baby who is just 4 months old baby was accompanied by his grandparents when they had visited Dr Amol’s hospital. Dr Amol, who hails from Vijapur, Aurangabad, helped the poor grandparents who are farmers, by reducing the bill amount and promising vaccination for free. He says farmers are not only economically and mentally weak. All what they need are a few comforting words

Farmers in Maharashtra are reeling under severe crises, drought since the last three consecutive years and now the prices of the agri-products have touched a new low. Due to which the debt ridden farmers are committing suicide. But, there are ‘Good Samaritans’, who are stepping forward to help the farmers in whatever and whichever way […]

Born with a disorganised ‘right heart’ boy survives complex surgery

Sanket was diagnosed with a complex heart defect, wherein the heart was located in the right side of the chest. All the heart chambers and arteries were interchanged. Also there was large hole in the heart. The artery to the lungs was narrow due to this there was extremely poor supply of impure blood to the lungs for purification

Sanket More is looking forward to return to school and play with his friends. The six-years –old boy recently underwent a successful complex heart surgery at Sir H N Reliance Foundation Hospital. A son to parents who are farmers from Aurangabad district of Maharashtra. His mother said his recovery was possible in part to his […]

Maharashtra’s CIC sustains mild fracture, after being assaulted by Dalit activists

Ratnakar Gaikwad was attacked by Dalit activist, for his alleged role in demolition of historic Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Bhavan, which was razed to the ground in the night of June 2016

Maharashtra’s Chief Information Commissioner, CIC, Ratnakar Gaikwad, who was brutally assaulted by Dalit activists, has sustained a mild fracture, in his 5th rib. Gaikwad was trashed by Dalit activists in Aurangabad on Monday, over the Babasaheb Ambedkar Bhavan demolition issue. Ratnakar Gaikwad has been admitted to Bombay Hospital under supervision of Dr Gautam Bhansali, who […]

Assault on doctors: Medical services cripple as 4,000 doctors go on strike in Maharashtra

Doctors across the state have joined the protest against attacks on doctors and in Mumbai, over 2,000 doctors are participating in the strike

Medical services in Maharashtra are hit badly as doctors across the state have gone on a mass strike today (March 20). The doctors have bunked work after two resident doctors from Mumbai and Aurangabad were assaulted and beaten up by angry mob of patients’ relatives. Yashwardhan Kabra, President Central Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD), […]

My Medical Mantra’s #SaveAaradhya cause finds support from 2,000 college students

Acting upon My Medical Mantra’s plea to save three-year-old Aaradhya suffering from end-stage heart disease and in desperate need of a donor heart, Aurangabad’s Mahatma Gandhi Mission’s College of Journalism and Mass Communication, along with Jawaharlal Nehru Engineering College, decided to celebrate Valentine’s Day differently

To help three-year-old Aaradhya Mule find a donor heart for transplant, 2,000 students from Mahatma Gandhi Mission’s College of Journalism and Mass Communication (MGM), along with Jawaharlal Nehru Engineering College (JNEC), took up My Medical Mantra’s #SaveAaradhya cause on Valentine’s Day. They decided to celebrate the day differently and held a social media campaign to […]

Aurangabad family donates 5-year-old son’s body to medical college

Probably the youngest body to have been donated ever

The anatomy department doctors at Government Medical College, Aurangabad were taken aback when parents of 5-year-old Rudra Deshmukh expressed the desire to donate their only son’s body. Rudra, a cerebral palsy patient, succumbed to the disease at home. “In my entire career, I have never seen such a young body donated,” said Dr Shivaji Sukre, […]