Five myths about organ donation, busted: Why all of us need to become organ donors
Even as number of brain-deaths due to accidents increase in India, organ donations from such persons remain abysmally low. “A single person who is brain dead can save the lives of up to eight people,” says Dr Mohankumar, Consultant Urologist and Renal Transplant Surgeon at Apollo Hospitals, Chennai. “We can save so many people’s lives […]
Robots to the rescue: How robotic surgery is making urological cancer surgeries safer and better
With precision and finesse that even human hands cannot match, robotic surgeries minimise tissue damage, and give patients faster and better recoveries. When 35-year-old Ramesh (name changed to protect privacy) from Chennai received the diagnosis for his kidney symptoms, he couldn’t believe it. Before he walked into Apollo Hospitals at OMR in Chennai, he didn’t […]
