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Friday, August 14, 2026
TopicKidney transplant

Topic: Kidney transplant

HC’s multi-kidney swap verdict bridges legislative gap. What it means for organ transplant in India

Quoting earlier precedents, high court reminded the medical and legal community that 'loss of human life should not be permitted merely at the altar of technicalities'.

A rare surgery that can nearly cure Type 1 diabetes—what makes pancreas-kidney transplant so complex

AIIMS conducted a Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney (SPK) transplant on 35-year-old patient last month after a gap of 18 years, and has performed it only 3 times.

Caught in debt spiral, Maharashtra farmer sold his kidney. It blew lid off transnational racket

What began as a farmer’s struggle to repay loans has opened an investigation into an organ-trafficking network involving agents, hospitals and doctors across India and beyond.

The desperate hunt for organ donors in India. Families fight red tape, distrust, ignorance

KD Hospital performs seven to eight transplant surgeries each month. However, the number of deceased donor organ donations remains low, with only six to seven occurring yearly.

Hospital transplant coordinators ‘exploited poor donors’ — Delhi Police bust inter-state ‘kidney racket’

Racket active in Delhi-NCR, Punjab, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh & Gujarat and arranged 34 kidney transplants in 11 hospitals, investigation finds. 'Kingpin' among 15 arrested.

Bought for Rs 2 lakh, sold for Rs 10 lakh — Haryana Police bust kidney-trafficking racket in Gurugram

Racket was being run by Jharkhand resident who advertised organ sale on Facebook. Police say he kept Bangladeshi nationals in Gurugram guesthouse for ‘treatment’ at Jaipur's Fortis Hospital.

Boston man gets genetically modified pig’s kidney in world’s first such transplant

The 62-yr-old with end-stage kidney disease was operated on at Massachusetts General Hospital. Previous animal organ transplants have been done outside human body or in brain-dead humans.

Bihar’s Dalit women at the mercy of greedy doctors—robbed of uterus in 2012, kidneys now

Bihar has changed, but not for poor Dalit women who continue to be victims of doctors running blacklisted clinics. They end up with stolen uterus or kidneys—and a huge financial debt.

A ‘unique’ kidney swap transplant where two patients got organs from each other’s wives

The 6-hour surgery at Fortis Escorts Okhla in Delhi took place after both families agreed to the surgery post counselling, the hospital said.

‘Self-styled Phunsukh Wangdu’, anaesthesiologist — the men behind Delhi ‘kidney racket’

Police have identified Kuldeep Ray Vishwakarma, described as an OT technician with 20 years’ experience, as the prime accused in the alleged kidney racket. 

On Camera

Putin’s Kuril island visit shows why Russia’s Pacific strategy matters to India

This remote frontier is not remote for India. The cold waters between Hokkaido, Sakhalin and the Kurils connect the unfinished business of World War II to the wars of the present.

Andhra’s Rs 150 cr exploration MoU for lithium, gallium as Centre pushes critical mineral self-reliance

Andhra Pradesh has signed an MoU for a Rs 150 crore exploration project to study lithium and gallium deposits in Kadapa Basin, part of the Centre’s drive to reduce critical mineral imports.

India seeks 60 new transport aircraft for IAF, invites bids for a $10 billion deal

It is reliably learnt that Airbus, which had initially offered its A400M, is likely to sit it out since its aircraft outweighs requirements with payload capacity of 37 tonnes.

Guru RSS is cautioning shishya Modi govt. Bhagwat’s endorsement of Gen Z has an Indira lesson

It’s evident Bhagwat was watching from a distance and was worried about youth’s anger towards Modi govt. The first thing he did was to demolish any criticism of Gen Z protesters as anti-national.