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    Double lung transplant saves US citizen with terminal cancer

    24 Mar 2022

    Albert Khoury, a 54-year-old non-smoker, underwent a seven-hour surgery to receive his new lungs at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago on Sept.25, 2021. Six months on, the lungs are working well and he has no signs of cancer in his body.

    Dhs3m fine, 7 years in jail for trading in human organs and tissues in UAE

    22 Feb 2021

    Trafficking of human organs is also prohibited under Federal Law No. 51 of 2006 on Combating Human Trafficking Crimes. Article 1 of the law provides: Exploitation includes all forms of sexual abuse, involuntary servitude, mistreatment, coercion and abuse of work force, as well as illegal trading in human organs.

    First in ME and Eastern Europe: Surgery-free technology used for dialysis in Dubai

    11 Apr 2022

    Last week, Rashid Hospital succeeded in performing the first operation using this technology on a 20-year-old patient who was suffering from kidney failure and urgently needed to start the dialysis process.

    Son donates kidney to save his father’s life in Saudi Arabia

    10 Aug 2022

    Rayan donated one of his kidneys to his father in a surgery performed in King Faisal Specialist Hospital, in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, after which the father returned to his hometown Najran, in good health, according to Saudi local media.

    'For mother's sake:' Minor boy reaches hospital in Indian city of Ranchi to sell kidney

    11 May 2023

    Asked by the doctor why he wanted to sell his kidney, Dipanshu said that his mother has sustained a fracture in her leg and he is unable to bear expenses for her treatment.

    India to probe Apollo Hospital Delhi's alleged links to 'cash for kidneys' scandal

    06 Dec 2023

    The report said young villagers from Myanmar were being flown to its Delhi hospital and enticed to sell their kidneys to rich Burmese patients. Apollo Hospitals did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.

    UAE hospital carries out successfully first deceased donor liver transplant in Abu Dhabi

    27 Apr 2024

    The successful liver transplant at BMC highlights the UAE’s capabilities in providing advanced healthcare to everyone in need. According to Dr Rehan, the surgery was extremely challenging, but Fatima is recovering well with a healthy functioning liver graft.

    Abu Dhabi hospital successfully completes complex kidney transplant

    24 May 2024

    The 32-year-old patient had suffered from kidney failure since 2018, and her symptoms developed until last year she reached a late stage of the disease, when she began to undergo continuous dialysis, and at a critical juncture it required a kidney transplant.

    'Digital bridge:' Paralysed man walks again via thought-controlled implants between brain and spinal cord

    24 May 2023

    The patient Gert-Jan, who did not want to reveal his surname, said the breakthrough had given him "a freedom that I did not have" before. The 40-year-old Dutchman has been paralysed in his legs for more than a decade..

    Surgeons successfully perform Pakistan’s first ‘split-liver transplant’

    07 Mar 2024

    "With the help of a liver donated by a young man, who was pronounced brain dead at a Rawalpindi hospital, we have performed Pakistan’s first split-liver transplant. We divided the vital organ into two and transplanted them to an adult and a little boy, who were facing liver failure"

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