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Doctors gearing up for east India’s first cadaver liver transplant

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liverKolkata: Bolstering efforts to carry out cadaver organ transplants in West Bengal, a team of doctors is gearing up to perform eastern India’s first such liver transplant in the city, a doctor said on Tuesday.

Family members of a 45-year-old male patient who was declared brain dead on Monday have assented to the procedure to transplant the heart and liver that could bequeath a new lease of life to a potential female recipient with liver damage.

“We are organising everything. We are keeping our fingers crossed. Lots of things can go wrong. If everything works out, this will be east India’s first cadaver liver transplant,” gastro-enterologist Mahesh Goenka told IANS.

“The first brain death verification has already been done and we will do the second brain death declaration around 7 p.m., and by that time if the donor is good enough to take the heart and liver we will try to do it. The recipient is ready,” he added.

The team is working out finer details regarding blood type and stability of the organs.

In June, a 70-year-old brain dead woman here bequeathed a new lease of life to four persons, with her kidneys and cornea successfully transplanted in the city’s first multi-organ cadaver donation operation.

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Covid toll in Karnataka is a worrying sign for state government

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Even though Karnataka recorded the lowest number of Covid deaths in April since the virus struck first in 2020, the state is recording a rise in the positivity rate (1.50 per cent). Five people died from the Covid infections in April as per the statistics released by the state health department. In March, the positivity rate stood around 0.53 per cent. In the first week of April it came down to 0.38 per cent, second week registered 0.56 per cent, third week it rose to 0.79 per cent and by end of April the Covid positivity rate touched 1.19 per cent.

on an average 500 persons used to succumb everyday in the peak of Covid infection, as per the data. Health experts said that the mutated Coronavirus is losing its fierce characteristics as vaccination, better treatment facilities and awareness among the people have contributed to the lesser number of Covid deaths.

During the 4th and 6th of April two deaths were reported in Bengaluru, one in Gadag district on April 8, two deaths were reported from Belagavi and Vijayapura on April 30. The first Covid case was reported in the state in March 2020 and three Covid deaths were recorded in the month. In the following month 21 people became victims to the deadly virus, and May 2020 recorded 22 deaths. The death toll recorded everyday after May crossed three digits. However, the third wave, which started in January 2

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