By Jyoti Galada Umang Galada: Youngest Organ Donor This is the story of Umang Galada, the youngest organ donor of West Bengal. It is also a story that echoes the struggles of thousands of organ failure patients across India who are waiting for a transplant—though their endings may be different. Umang was a 12-year-old boy who fought to find a kidney donor so he could live. In the end, he became an organ donor himself. His liver saved the life of a critically ill 8-year-old child, and his corneas gave the gift of sight to two visually impaired individuals. Umang: A boy who excelled everywhere Umang was a brilliant mind with boundless curiosity—a mind that sought continuous learning. He immersed himself wholeheartedly in everything he pursued, excelling in his studies, playing the t
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By Jyoti Galada There is a power we all hold as citizens, as family members, and as individuals and that is the power of saying "YES" to organ donation. A single 'yes' can save up to 8 lives and enhance the lives of 75 more. It can give organ failure patients the chance to live a normal life, restore their hope to feel included and capable, and become a blessing to families facing emotional, mental, and financial trauma. This 'yes' is most needed at one of life’s hardest moments when your loved one has been declared brain dead and is lost to you forever. Yet in that moment of loss, you can keep their legacy alive through the gift of organ donation. Before the body being buried or cremated, it can go on to give life by donating organs like the heart, lungs, kidneys, liver, pancreas, a
Read MoreThe Indian government has recently amended the surrogacy rules, allowing couples to use donor eggs or donor sperm for surrogacy. This amendment has overturned the previous rule made in March 2023 that banned the use of donor gametes. However, the new notification states that if the District Medical Board certifies that either husband or wife constituting the intending couple suffers from a medical condition necessitating the use of donor gamete, then surrogacy using donor gamete is allowed. The relaxation in the rules is primarily for intending couples. However, the notification specifies that if a divorced or widowed woman opts for surrogacy, the egg has to come from the mother. Single women (widow or divorcee) undergoing surrogacy must use self-eggs and donor sperms to avail of...
Read MoreOnce Killed Over 50 Million, Bubonic Plague Back After Centuries; Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Be Worried
Earlier this week, health officials in the US state of Oregon confirmed the first case of bubonic plague since 2005. According to reports, the person who contracted the disease likely got it from a sick pet cat. The disease was quickly detected, and the individual received antibiotics for treatment. Health workers also tracked down and treated those who had been in contact with the person and the cat. Unfortunately, the cat did not survive despite receiving treatment. The bubonic plague is caused by Yersinia pestis, a type of zoonotic bacteria that can spread between animals and people. Y. pestis is typically found in small animals and their fleas. Humans can contract the plague in one of three ways: through the bite of infected vector fleas, through unprotected contact with i...
Read More“Don’t Spread Fear, Hold Review Meeting To Check Infrastructure” Says Health Minister Over Rise In Covid Cases: Checkout Deets!
Recently, Mansukh Mandaviya, the union health minister, has urged state and union territory administrations to avoid inciting unwarranted panic among the populace. In light of an increase in incidents, he has also urged them to convene review meetings to inspect the infrastructure. On Friday afternoon, after concluding the Covid review conference with the health ministers of the states and the union territories, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya requested that review sessions be held to assess the infrastructure, increase testing, and prepare for an increase in cases. He has also urged the state governments to avoid inciting unwarranted panic among the populace. देश में कोविड-19 की स्थिति को लेकर राज्यों एवं UTs के स्वास्थ्य मंत्रियों के साथ समीक्षा बैठक की। इस दौरान कोविड
Read MoreWhen it comes to defining health, it can be defined as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not just the absence of disease or infirmity. Making health for all a reality, and moving towards the progressive realization of human rights, requires that every individual have access to quality health care, including comprehensive abortion care services – which incorporate the information, management of abortion, and post-abortion care. Lack of access to safe, timely, affordable, and respectful abortion care poses a risk to not only the physical but also the mental and social, well-being of ladies and girls. Induced abortion could be a simple and customary healthcare procedure. Each year, almost half of all pregnancies – 121 million – are unintended; 6 out of ...
Read MoreMalnourishment Among Indian Women: A Challenge At Hand After 75 Years Of Independence
Among developing nations, India has one of the highest rates of malnourished adult women. Add to it the fact that many new mothers in India are adolescents, 75% of whom are anaemic, and that most gain less weight during pregnancy than is healthy (5 kilograms on average compared to the global average of close to 10 kilograms). Food is not a choice. Eating nutritious meals is essential for survival and growth. The right to food is an essential component of the right to life. Given that 1 in 4 Indian women of reproductive age are underweight, the denial of their right to food frequently has at its root the glaring lack of gender parity. Women and girls live under incredibly harmful gender-based social norms every day, which frequently results in them "eating last, eating last, and eati...
Read MoreGovernment Made A Big Announcement For Ayushman Card Holders, Know What Is It!!
Many types of beneficial and welfare schemes are going on in our country, whose purpose is to reach the poor and needy people. There is a scheme in this episode, which is named Ayushman Bharat Yojana. Under this scheme, Ayushman cards of eligible people are made. Under the scheme, cardholders can get free treatment up to Rs 5 lakh in empaneled hospitals. People have got a lot of benefits from this scheme. The poor people do not have to worry about the treatment bill after getting the card made. But now apart from this, cardholders are going to get many other benefits, because some major changes have been made by the government in this Ayushman scheme. So let's know what new benefits are going to be available now. Actually, the name of this scheme has now changed. Its name has now been n...
Read MoreOne Nuclear Battle Could Kill 5 Billion People, Reveals A New Analysis; Read Story Here!
A new study showed that five billion people would die in a modern nuclear war due to global starvation, likely surpassing the losses of deadly explosions. Five billion individuals would pass in current nuclear warfare with the consequence of international starvation -- started by sunlight-blocking soot in the environment -- the potential to remote exceed the casualties generated by harmful outbreaks. Scientists at Rutgers University mapped out the results of six probable nuclear battle plans. The most dangerous potential point is that a full-scale battle between the United States and Russia would brush out more than half of society, they expressed in the analysis posted in the Nature Food bulletin. The calculations were founded on counts of how considerably soot would join the environme...
Read MoreKenya Election 2022: William Ruto Wins Presidential Election As Results Questioned
William Ruto has succeeded the ethnicity to be the fifth president of Kenya, according to outcomes notified by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC). But four election commissioners expressed they could not help the “unclear” ballot total before the notification, boosting queries about what will occur. “There are no losers. The individuals of Kenya have triumphed because we introduced the political line,” the president-elect spoke after the statement. “There is no glancing around, and we are examining the fortune. We require all pointers on the patio to push ahead.” Ruto guided a friendly presidential ethnicity against antagonism head Raila Odinga. It was a slim margin of triumph, with Ruto conquering slightly more than seven million ballots and Odinga reservi
Read MoreMexico Suggests Forming Global Peace Commission With PM Modi Among Leaders
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is preparing to present a documented recommendation to the UN to make a committee of three world bosses, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to encourage a globe peace for five years. "I will submit it in handwriting. I will show it to the United Nations. I have been telling it, and I expect the media will support us in applying it. Because they do not communicate when it is not suitable for them," MSN cited Obrador during a press meeting. The Mexican President offered that the top committee contain Pope Francis, the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, and Indian PM Narendra Modi. The delegation would strive to propose to stop the battles worldwide and reach a contract to pursue calm for at least five years. "The three o
Read MoreThe COVID pandemic has resulted in one of the worst financial conditions. Manufacturing units are closed up, demand has plummeted, and job losses are seen across the sectors. The Union Finance Ministry has estimated that GDP will shrink 4.5 percent within the current year. However, hope has arisen from rural India as the agriculture sector seems to possess been relatively less stricken by the pandemic and consequent lockdown. Rural India never really went into a severe lockdown and thus harvested, procurement, and consumer activity have remained more or less identical. Thus while GDP will decline, a rate of growth of two.5 percent is projected for agriculture this yr. In 2019-20 agriculture grew by 4% due to record production of food grains supported by good rains and a recovery in ...
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