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അതിനു വേണ്ടി ഒരു സോഷ്യല് നെറ്റ്വര്ക്ക് സൈറ്റ് ഞാന് ഉണ്ടാക്കിയിട്ടുണ്ട്
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അതില് രോഗികളും അവരോട് അനുഭാവം ഉള്ളവരും ചേര്ന്ന് നമുക്ക് ഒരുമിച്ച് പ്രവര്ത്തിക്കാന് ശ്രമിക്കാം.
It is heartening to read the good news of the kind philanthropic gesture and sacrifice of the Catholic Priest Fr Davis Chiramel, a 49-year-old Catholic priest from Kerala, who donated one of his kidneys to a complete stranger.
His good deed and kindness will definitely give the Christian religion in India more authenticity and show path to true Christians. Living donor transplant is the ultimate sacrifice and Fr. Davis deserves to be considered one of the holiest ones among the priests.
In this regard, I may state that Cadaver Transplant need to be given focus and serious consideration by the Christian church as it relieves a patient from grave sufferings and death. it is the ultimate
Catholic priest donates kidney to save Hindu man
http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=16393&size=A
» 09/22/2009 17:44
INDIA
Catholic priest donates kidney to save Hindu man
Nirmala Carvalho
In Kerala, Father Chiramel offers one of his kidneys to an unknown recipient. The priest said he was inspired by the ‘Year for Priest’. “For me donating an organ is a unique and privileged opportunity to share in Christ’s suffering.”
New Delhi (AsiaNews) –
Fr Davis Chiramel, a 49-year-old Catholic priest from Kerala, donated one of his kidneys to a complete stranger. The clergyman is parish priest at St Francis Xavier Church in Vadanapally (Kerala). Earlier this year he decided to help a Hindu father of two, a complete stranger who was suffering from renal failure.
Father Chiramel is also the general secretary of the Accident Care and Transport Services (ACTS) in Thrissur. On 15 February, volunteers in the organisation were at his church. They talked about a Hindu man named Gopinath who had suffered renal failure. Because of that, he was being forced to go to the Jubilee Mission Hospital in Thrissur every three days for dialysis treatment. He needed a transplant but the volunteers did not know how to go about getting one, suggesting that it might cost a million rupees (US$ 21,000), but above all wondering how they could find a donor. In India, there is one donor per million.
When Father Chiramel heard the ACTS volunteers discuss the matter, he rebuked them because “I realised they were talking about finding someone from whom to buy a kidney.”
In India as in Pakistan and Nepal, organ trafficking, especially in kidneys, is big business. Indian authorities are hard pressed to stop such commerce that sees the poor sell their organs for little money whilst rich but sick people unscrupulously pay a lot to improve their health.
Given the situation, Father Chiramel decided to donate the organ himself. Hospital tests followed to determine computability; administrative steps began to get the necessary authorisation.
The clergyman told AsiaNews that for him “donating a kidney was a blessing, which began in February. However, I only realised what I was doing on 19 June. On that day the Pope opened the ‘Year for Priests’ and I was in the hospital for the necessary tests for the transplant. Everything happened in an instant. I realised that I had been blessed with the possibility of offering my body to save a man.”
Father Chiramel uses words like “joy”, “gift” and “treasure” to describe what happened to him. “Christ is the source and origin of every good action; it is He who gives the strength and courage to act,” the priest said. “I never thought I could donate my kidney, even less to a total stranger.”
Gopinath and Father Chiramel will meet for the first time on 30 September, when the transplant will be performed at the Lakeshore Hospital in Kochi. For the clergyman, this will be the fulfillment of something that “changed my life.”
“Christ gives of himself every day for the world’s salvation. In the Mass, priests offer the sacrifice of His body and His blood, but they do it without sharing in our Lord’s pain and suffering,” Father Chiramel said. “For me the possibility of donating an organ to someone I did not know is a unique and privileged opportunity to share in Christ’s suffering.”
Date : September 30 2009
ക്രിസ്തുവചനത്തിന് സാക്ഷ്യമായി വൃക്കദാനത്തിന് വൈദികന്
മാതൃഭൂമി September 30 2009
കൊച്ചി: ലൂക്കോസിന്റെ സുവിശേഷം മൂന്നാം അധ്യായം 11-ാം വാക്യത്തില് ഇങ്ങനെ പറയുന്നു: ‘രണ്ടുള്ളവന് ഒന്നില്ലാത്തവന് നല്കട്ടെ’. ഈ ക്രിസ്തുവാക്യത്തെ അക്ഷരാര്ഥത്തില് ജീവിതത്തില് പകര്ത്താനുള്ള വെമ്പലിലാണ് ഫാ. ഡേവിസ് ചിറമേല്. അദ്ദേഹം നല്കുന്നത് തന്റെ രണ്ട് വൃക്കകളിലൊന്നാണ്. കുരിശില് സ്വജീവന് ബലി നല്കിയ യേശുനാഥനാണ് പ്രചോദനം. വൃക്കദാനത്തില് മതവും ധനവും പരിഗണിക്കുന്നില്ല.
ബുധനാഴ്ച എറണാകുളം ലേക്ഷോര് ആസ്പത്രിയില് തൃശ്ശൂര് വാടാനപ്പിള്ളി സ്വദേശി ഗോപിനാഥന് വൃക്ക വച്ചുപിടിപ്പിക്കും. അതിനുള്ള നടപടിക്രമങ്ങളെല്ലാം ചൊവ്വാഴ്ച പൂര്ത്തിയായി.
വാടാനപ്പിള്ളി സെന്റ് ഫ്രാന്സിസ് സേവ്യേഴ്സ് ആര്.സി. പള്ളി വികാരിയാണ് ഫാ. ഡേവിസ്. പള്ളിക്ക് സമീപമാണ് ഗോപിനാഥന്റെ വീട്. ഒന്നര വര്ഷമായി ഇദ്ദേഹം വൃക്ക തകരാറിലായതിനാല് ചികിത്സയിലായിരുന്നു. ഇരുവൃക്കകളും പ്രവര്ത്തനരഹിതമായതോടെ വൃക്ക മാറ്റിവയ്ക്കല് നടത്തണമെന്ന് ഡോക്ടര്മാര് നിര്ദേശിച്ചു. ഇലക്ട്രീഷ്യനായ ഗോപിക്ക് ശസ്ത്രക്രിയയ്ക്കുള്ള പണം കണ്ടെത്താന് സുഹൃത്തുക്കളും ബന്ധുക്കളും ചേര്ന്ന് ചികിത്സാ കമ്മിറ്റി രൂപവത്കരിച്ചു. ഫാ. ഡേവിസായിരുന്നു കമ്മിറ്റിയുടെ ചെയര്മാന്. ബന്ധുക്കളുടെ വൃക്ക ചേര്ന്നില്ല. പിന്നെ, വൃക്ക അന്വേഷിച്ച് കോയമ്പത്തൂര് പോകണമെന്ന ഘട്ടമെത്തി. അപ്പോളാണ് സ്വന്തം വൃക്കകള് ദാനം ചെയ്യാം എന്ന ആശയം പെട്ടെന്ന് മനസ്സില് തോന്നിയതെന്ന് ഫാ. ഡേവിസ് പറയുന്നു. സാഹചര്യമനുസരിച്ച് തീരുമാനമെടുത്തു. ‘ദൈവവചനം പ്രസംഗിച്ചാല് മാത്രം പോര, അത് പ്രാവര്ത്തികമാക്കുമ്പോള് മാത്രമാണ് വചനം ജീവന് വയ്ക്കുന്നത്. അതുപോലെ തന്നെയാണ് അവയവദാനവും’ – ചെറുപുഞ്ചിരിയോടെ ഫാ. ഡേവിസ് പറഞ്ഞു. 15-ാം വയസ്സില് വൈദികനാകാന് ഇതില്കൂടുതല് ചിന്തിച്ചു. എന്നാല്, ഈ തീരുമാനം പെട്ടെന്നായിരുന്നു. അവയവ വ്യാപാരം ഇല്ലാതാക്കാനാകും. നിര്ധനരായ വൃക്കരോഗികള്ക്കു വേണ്ടി ഫാ. ഡേവിസിന്റെ നേതൃത്വത്തില് കിഡ്നി ഫൗണ്ടേഷന് ഓഫ് ഇന്ത്യ എന്ന സംഘടനയ്ക്ക് രൂപം നല്കിയിട്ടുണ്ട്.
തൃശ്ശൂര് ജൂബിലി മിഷന് ആസ്പത്രിയില് ചികിത്സയിലായിരുന്ന ഗോപി ശസ്ത്രക്രിയയുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട് അഞ്ചുമാസം മുമ്പാണ് ലേക്ഷോറില് എത്തിയത്. വൃക്കമാറ്റി വയ്ക്കല് ശസ്ത്രക്രിയാ വിദഗ്ദ്ധന് ഡോ. ജോര്ജ് പി. എബ്രഹാമിന്റെയും സീനിയര് നെഫ്രോളജി കണ്സള്ട്ടന്റ് ഡോ. അബി എബ്രഹാമിന്റെയും നേതൃത്വത്തിലാണ് ലേക്ഷോറില് ചികിത്സ.
ബീബാ ബോബന്
Doctors to get 10 years jail for illegal organ trade
2009-09-17 21:30:00
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Doctors and touts involved in illegal organ transplantation will be put behind bars for 10 years, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said Thursday soon after the union cabinet approved his ministry’s proposal to amend the Transplantation of Human Organs Act.
‘There were lot of flaws in the act. There was a need for amendment. We are happy that the cabinet has approved the proposal,’ Azad said said while unveiling his ministry’s achievement in the last 100 days.
‘After amendment, it will become both patient friendly and stringent. Ten years of imprisonment will be handed over to doctors and touts involved in illegal organ transplantation,’ the minister added.
Under the current provisions of the act, the maximum punishment is not more than five years.
Azad said earlier the act was only related to organs but after amendment it will take into account transplantation of tissues, bones and skin. Now grandfather and grandchildren are included in the scope of donor and recipient, he said explaining the positive changes the 15-year-old act will undergo.
Earlier in the day, the cabinet gave its nod for an amendment to the law which parliament passed in 1994.
‘In order to make the organs transplantation more transparent and patient friendly, the cabinet has approved the proposals of the ministry of health and family welfare to amend the provisions of the act and also for imposing stringent penalties on persons/hospitals violating the provisions of the act,’ Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni said after the cabinet meet.
Parliament in 1994 passed the law, which came into force Feb 4, 1995, in the states of Goa, Himachal Pradesh and Maharashtra and all the union territories. Thereafter, it was adopted by all states except the states of Andhra Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir which have their own laws to regulate transplantation of human organs.
The main purpose of the Act is to regulate the removal, storage and transplantation of human organs for therapeutic purposes and to prevent commercial dealings in human organs, the minister said.
‘Despite having put into place a regulatory mechanism for transplantation of human organs, there have been a spate of reports in the print and electronic media about a thriving human organ trade in India and the consequential exploitation of economically weaker sections of the society,’ Soni elaborated.
‘There has, therefore, been an increasing perception in civil society that while the act has not been effective in curbing commercial transactions in organ transplant, it has thwarted genuine cases due to the complicated and long drawn process involving organ donation,’ she added.
Talking about the foreign and non-resident Indians (NRI) who come to India for transplantation, Azad said earlier they used to get hold of any one and said that he or she was a family member.
‘But after amendment, a committee will be set up to verify whether he or she is really a family member or not.
Reform bills may extend Medicare coverage for kidney transplant drugs
September 14, 2009 — 10:51am ET | By Anne Zieger
Sinnce 1973, Medicare has covered treatment for any American citizen with end-stage renal disease, and 80 percent the bill for costly immunosuppressive medications. However, CMS will only pay the bill for 36 months if the patient wouldn’t otherwise qualify for Medicare, i.e. people under 65.
However, that limit has been under attack for a while. In March, for example, two Senators introduced a bill that would require Medicare to cover the costly drugs needed to fight kidney rejection for the life of the transplant. Now, the reform bill passed by the House includes a similar provision.
The measure could cost the government a great deal of money, as the immunosuppressive drugs can costs anywhere from $1,000 to $3,000. In fact, the Congressional Budget Office estimates that unlimited coverage would add $100 million per year to the $23 billion Medicare pays for its kidney program. That’s probably why previous attempts to lift the limit have never even made it to the voting stage. (On the other hand, is $100 million a year that big a deal against a $23 billion budget, given that lives are at stake?)
Given these costs, which under-65 patients know they’ll have to bear eventually, right now some kidney transplant candidates aren’t even putting themselves on the transplant lists, UPI reports.
Read more: http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/reform-bills-may-extend-medicare-coverage-kidney-transplant-drugs/2009-09-14#ixzz0RI1e0DR8
Most inventions in the medical field are made abroad. We Indians are busy trying to be at par with developed nations in space science.. and rocket making. that is nice. But government should also be aware of the sufferings of patients and dedicated efforts to improve conditions of patients need to be taken
Government is spending money in non priority areas such as subsidising the Haj pilgrimage, one girl child etc. But patients in need of dialysis and urgent medical attention for life saving support systems are ignored. Perhaps this is because we are still ruled by the elite class who can affort treatment abroad and also get government healthcare benefits and they do not suffer due to medical problems. But it is not fair to turn a blind eye on the patients who need urgent life saving healthcare….
Now Americans have invented Wearable Artificial Kidney..read
http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090913/HEALTH/309139991/-1/STYLE
At least our government should awake now to the needs of dying patients and try to promote such technologies in India by giving deserving subsidies… so that all of us can sing “saare jahan se achcha…”
not just those healthy wealthy elite classes
