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PETALING JAYA: The organ donor rate remains alarmingly low in Malaysia, mainly hampered by misconceptions and the critical hurdle of sudden family objection.
HANOI: Vietnam performs over 1,000 organ transplants annually, the highest rate in South-East Asia. However, the country's organ donation rate from brain-dead donors remains among the lowest in the world.
GEORGE TOWN: In addition to the main challenges, the urban-rural disparity is also slowing organ donation rates in Penang, according to Hospital Penang transplant coordinator Dr Mohamed Shafik Shaik Mohd.
The surgeries marked significant milestones in organ donation counselling and advocacy efforts across southern localities, helping to expand the national organ donation network, spread a message of humanity, and offer hope and life-saving opportunities to many patients.
This American research farm is at the forefront of breeding genetically-modified pigs for kidneys suitable to be transplanted into humans.
KUALA LUMPUR: More than 10,000 patients are desperately awaiting an organ donation that could give them another chance at life.
KUALA LUMPUR: More than 10,000 patients are desperately awaiting an organ donation that could give them another chance at life.
VIENTIANE: Mittaphab Hospital and Thailand’s Mahidol University’s Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital have agreed to continue cooperation in the provision of general health services and kidney transplants at Mittaphab Hospital in Vientiane.
HANOI: Tran Ngoc Thanh, 59, from the northern province of Dien Bien, was the first person in Vietnam to undergo a liver transplant from a brain-dead donor 14 years ago, and is still living a healthy and active life.
The world’s first known successful total larynx transplant was recently performed as a clinical trial on a patient with active cancer.
Pig hearts kept alive outside the body for more than a day offers hope for many humans needing a heart transplant.
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: End-stage kidney disease (ESKD) is on the rise in Asia. The region also has one of the highest incidence rates in the world.
In a move to raise awareness of organ donation, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has registered as a donor himself, calling on all Vietnamese citizens to follow suit.
HANOI: Six hospitals will be prioritised for investment and upgrades to meet international standards, part of the Government's decision approving the implementation of the master plan for the healthcare network for the period of 2021-2030, with a vision to 2050.
TOKYO: People with missing teeth may be able to grow new ones, say Japanese dentists testing a pioneering drug they hope will offer an alternative to dentures and implants.
People with missing teeth may be able to grow new ones, say local dentists testing a pioneering drug they hope will offer an alternative to dentures and implants.
While this syndrome can affect many parts of the body, men should watch out for their urinary system in particular.
It took more than 50 hours of surgery and two years of preparation, including 35 practice sessions, by the medical team.
SINGAPORE: Two forested areas in Singapore’s northern region that will be cleared for new housing projects have been found to contain endangered species of plants and animals, two recent studies have found.
Once a person has developed severe heart failure, a heart transplant is their best option for a permanent treatment.
