Brazil senate chief to repay `hair transplant` flight

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 24, 2013, 22:55

The president of Brazil`s senate, Renan Calheiros, will repay the cost of using an Air Force jet for a trip during which he reportedly had a hair transplant, his spokesman said.

Delhi govt assures free blood transfusion to thalassemic child

Last Updated: Thursday, December 19, 2013, 21:04

The city government on Thursday assured the Delhi High Court that it will provide free blood transfusion to an eight-year-old child suffering from Thalassemia.

Indian, Pakistani doctors perform transplant surgeries

Last Updated: Saturday, November 30, 2013, 20:32

In a rare instance of cross-border medical collaboration, doctors from India`s Apollo Group of Hospitals performed four successful liver transplants with Pakistani surgeons at Shaikh Zayed Hospital here.

Robbie Williams got hair transplant, says it`s LA effect

Last Updated: Saturday, November 23, 2013, 08:30

British singer Robbie Williams says he didn’t need a hair transplant, but was influenced by the culture of the city.

Now, 3D printer to create organs at the touch of a button

Last Updated: Friday, September 6, 2013, 17:45

Scientists have created a 3D printing device that could soon be used to make tailor-made transplant organs at the click of a button.

US girl to leave hospital after lung transplants

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 27, 2013, 10:03

A 10-year-old girl whose plight for a new pair of lungs spurred a national debate over organ transplants is going home on Tuesday, her mother said.

Part of mom`s lung transplanted to 3-yr-old son in Japan

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 2, 2013, 16:34

Doctors have successfully transplanted a part of a mother`s lung into her 3-year-old son in Japan.

Lou Reed recovering after `life-saving` liver transplant

Last Updated: Saturday, June 1, 2013, 15:53

Lou Reed is recovering after a life-saving liver transplant.

Ohio man, 87, skydives to aid sick great-grandson

Last Updated: Monday, May 27, 2013, 10:17

An 87-year-old World War II veteran has parachuted from a plane in Ohio to support his ailing great-grandson.

India faces acute organ donation crisis!

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 14, 2013, 17:54

Each year hundreds of Indians die while waiting for an organ transplant.

Dec 16 gang-rape victim did not die here: Doctors tell court

Last Updated: Friday, April 26, 2013, 21:25

The doctors, who were part of the medical team attending to the December 16 gang-rape victim, told a fast-track court here on Friday that the girl was shifted to the Singapore Hospital to provide her with best possible treatment.

Pak girl gets fresh lease of life in Indian hospital

Last Updated: Friday, April 12, 2013, 19:55

It`s a rebirth for 16-year-old Pakistani girl Madiha Tariq Sheikh, who feels India is her "own country" where she underwent a successful liver transplant surgery.