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Friday, June 13, 2014
Jumlah penderma organ di kalangan rakyat Malaysia masih kurang
KUALA LUMPUR: Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Bertindak Kesedaran Awam Pendermaan Organ, Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye berkata, kadar pendermaan organ masih rendah di kalangan rakyat Malaysia.
Katanya, berbanding dengan keperluan, senarai pesakit yang masih menunggu pendermaan organ adalah 18,472 orang.
“Kami masih memerlukan 18,347 (buah pinggang), 27 (Hati), 5 (Jantung), 6 (Paru-paru) dan 3 (Jantung & Paru-paru),” katanya yang ditemui di Wisma Sejarah, pagi ini.
Menurut beliau, jumlah pengikrar baharu semakin meningkat dari tahun ke tahun. Ini menunjukkan impak positif yang diterima melalui program promosi dan kesedaran yang telah dijalankan.
“Walau bagaimanapun, jumlah pengikrar ini hanya 0.8 % daripada jumlah keseluruhan penduduk Malaysia iaitu 30 juta orang.
“Mengikut statistik sejak tahun 1997 hingga Mei 2014, jumlah pengikrar adalah 255,983. Tahun 2013 merupakan tahun yang paling membanggakan di mana kami terima 25,220 orang pengikrar baharu,” ujarnya.
Mengikut statistik, bangsa Cina mendahului senarai jumlah penderma tertinggi iaitu seramai 128,212 (50.1%) diikuti India, 60,057 (23.5%), Melayu 58,846 (23.0%), lain-lain 8,803 (3.4%).
“Kami merancang untuk menjalankan satu kempen jalanan. Kempen ini membawa tema ‘Satu Ikrar, Sejuta Harapan’.
“Kalau kita boleh kumpulkan para sukarelawan yang terdiri daripada NGO, dengan cara para sukarelawan ini boleh turun padang untuk menerangkan kepada orang awam, objektif dan tujuan mengenai kempen pendermaan organ ini,” katanya.
Tambah beliau, kempen ini dijangka bermula pada bulan Oktober 2014, beliau merancang mengadakan malam anugerah khas pendermaan organ untuk memberikan penghargaan kepada mereka yang banyak memberi sokongan.
“Sebagai contoh untuk hari ini, seorang rakyat Malaysia bernama Ramesh, berumur 30 tahun dari Johor Bahru merupakan satu contoh di mana dengan hasil usaha beliau bersama ahli keluarga dan rakan-rakannya (semuanya berjumlah sembilan orang termasuk Ramesh) telah hadir hari ini. Beliau telah berjaya mencipta satu rekod dalam Malaysia Book Of Records melalui program ini,” katanya.
Sunday, May 25, 2014
18,000 Malaysians still waiting for organ transplant
From: http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/18000-malaysians-still-waiting-for-organ-transplant
Malaysia’s low organ donation rate has resulted in 18,000 people waiting for organ transplants, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).
WHO noted Malaysia's organ donation was only 0.8% per million, which was among the lowest in the world, Dr Rafidah Abdullah, deputy president of the Malaysian Transplant Association (MTA), was quoted as saying by Bernama.
The majority of patients waiting for organ transplants are those with kidney failure, followed by heart and lung disease sufferers.
Dr Rafidah, who heads the Nephrology Department at Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Hospital, Temerloh, said the level of awareness among the people was low, with the number of donors dropping annually.
"In 2010, there were 31,085 organ donors while in 2012, it dropped to 30,482 and dropped further last year to only 25,415," she said at the “Organ donation night run – race against time, run for life 4.0” event yesterday.
The Chinese are the top donors followed by Indians and Malays.
In comparison, in 2011, Spain leads the list with 34.3 per million population being organ donor - 25/5/2014
Friday, May 23, 2014
An interesting case of primary hypoparathyroidism
by DA Kirpalani, J Patel, H Shah, A Kirpalani, D Amrapurkar, R Choudhary, A Dhurve
Department of Nephrology and Gastroenterology, Bombay Hospital Institute of Medical Sciences, Mumbai,
Maharashtra, India
From : http://indianjnephrol.org/article.aspissn=09714065;year=2014;volume=24;issue=3;spage=175;epage=177;aulast=Kirpalani;type=0
Abstract:
Primary hypoparathyroidism can occur due to an activating mutation of calcium sensing receptor (CaSR). Most patients remain asymptomatic and therefore not diagnosed until adulthood. We present a 38-year-old lady who had a history of muscle cramps since 8 years. She presented with vomiting, abdomen pain and body ache, showed clinical evidence of hypovolemia, severe hypocalcemia, hypokalemia, hypomagnesemia, hyperphosphatemia and metabolic alkalosis. Her 24 h urinary phosphorus was low and 24 h urinary excretion of sodium, potassium and chloride were high. Her intact parathormone was on the lower side of the normal range. She improved once we had corrected her biochemical abnormalities. By excluding acquired causes of hypoparathyroidism, we are able to conclude that this may be a case of primary hypoparathyroidism due to activating mutation of CaSR.
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by DA Kirpalani, J Patel, H Shah, A Kirpalani, D Amrapurkar, R Choudhary, A Dhurve
Department of Nephrology and Gastroenterology, Bombay Hospital Institute of Medical Sciences, Mumbai,
Maharashtra, India
From : http://indianjnephrol.org/article.aspissn=09714065;year=2014;volume=24;issue=3;spage=175;epage=177;aulast=Kirpalani;type=0
Abstract:
Primary hypoparathyroidism can occur due to an activating mutation of calcium sensing receptor (CaSR). Most patients remain asymptomatic and therefore not diagnosed until adulthood. We present a 38-year-old lady who had a history of muscle cramps since 8 years. She presented with vomiting, abdomen pain and body ache, showed clinical evidence of hypovolemia, severe hypocalcemia, hypokalemia, hypomagnesemia, hyperphosphatemia and metabolic alkalosis. Her 24 h urinary phosphorus was low and 24 h urinary excretion of sodium, potassium and chloride were high. Her intact parathormone was on the lower side of the normal range. She improved once we had corrected her biochemical abnormalities. By excluding acquired causes of hypoparathyroidism, we are able to conclude that this may be a case of primary hypoparathyroidism due to activating mutation of CaSR.
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Friday, February 21, 2014
Indian-origin doctor finds ‘solution’ to problem of organ preservation
Malathy Iyer,TNN | Feb 21, 2014, 12.43 AM IST
MUMBAI: A Mumbai-born doctor could well revolutionize the world of organ transplants. Dr Hemant Thatte, a senior cardiovascular surgeon at Harvard University who was born in Dadar and raised in Pune, has worked out a 21-chemical solution that could preserve a donated organ for up to a week before a transplant.
"Preliminary studies have shown that hearts stored in SOMAH solution (as the new preservative is called) for 24 hours can be resuscitated without medicines as against other solutions that allow for only four hours," said Dr Thatte via email. In studies conducted on pigs, the solution has been effective in preserving tissues for up to a week.
Organs retrieved from brain-dead persons are stored for a few hours before being transported to various departments or hospitals for transplant. At present, hearts and lungs need to be transplanted within 4-6 hours of being recovered from a brain-dead donor, the liver within eight hours and kidneys within a little more than 24 hours.
What SOMAH—the Sanskrit name for the elixir of immortality—can do is preserve organs long enough to be transported across a large country or half-way across the globe. "Current technologies require that organs from cadaver donors be transplanted within a small window of 4-6 hours. If the transplant surgery cannot take place within that time, the available organ cannot be used. Moreover, the available organs cannot be transported long-distance for transplant and have to be made available locally. The use of SOMAH expands that small window to seven days,'' he said.
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Malathy Iyer,TNN | Feb 21, 2014, 12.43 AM IST
MUMBAI: A Mumbai-born doctor could well revolutionize the world of organ transplants. Dr Hemant Thatte, a senior cardiovascular surgeon at Harvard University who was born in Dadar and raised in Pune, has worked out a 21-chemical solution that could preserve a donated organ for up to a week before a transplant.
"Preliminary studies have shown that hearts stored in SOMAH solution (as the new preservative is called) for 24 hours can be resuscitated without medicines as against other solutions that allow for only four hours," said Dr Thatte via email. In studies conducted on pigs, the solution has been effective in preserving tissues for up to a week.
Organs retrieved from brain-dead persons are stored for a few hours before being transported to various departments or hospitals for transplant. At present, hearts and lungs need to be transplanted within 4-6 hours of being recovered from a brain-dead donor, the liver within eight hours and kidneys within a little more than 24 hours.
What SOMAH—the Sanskrit name for the elixir of immortality—can do is preserve organs long enough to be transported across a large country or half-way across the globe. "Current technologies require that organs from cadaver donors be transplanted within a small window of 4-6 hours. If the transplant surgery cannot take place within that time, the available organ cannot be used. Moreover, the available organs cannot be transported long-distance for transplant and have to be made available locally. The use of SOMAH expands that small window to seven days,'' he said.
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