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Award for NGO in disability sector
Diversity and Equal Opportunity Centre has been selected as one of the four winners of the ninth NCPEDP-Mphasis Universal Design Awards
The Bengaluru-based non-profit Diversity and Equal Opportunity Centre (DEOC) has been selected as one of the four winners of the ninth NCPEDP-Mphasis Universal Design Awards, which recognises individuals and organisations working in the field of disability.
DEOC has been selected under the newly introduced NCPEDP-MPHASIS Javed Abidi Public Policy Award. “The centre comprises a truly multi-disciplinary team and has, over the years, acquired the reputation of being a thought leader in the disability sector,” read a release from NCPEDP.
“The DEOC team spends a considerable amount of time on research based work and on training various stakeholder segments and thus adding to the information/ knowledge/ awareness in the field of disability. In this field, where there are very few subject matter specialists, DEOC’s role has been crucial in addressing this lack. DEOC is, perhaps, the only organisation now in India that has the capacity to work with a wide range of stakeholders across different disabilities and to bring universal design elements into every aspect of development,” the release added.
Rama Krishnamachari, director, DEOC, said since 2007, the centre has been able to bring in important policy interventions. “For example, earlier, inclusion of persons with disabilities meant only recruitment. But real inclusion is accessibility, and putting a framework in place. In higher education too, admission under the quota is not enough. People should get accommodation in the classroom, exams, hostel, etc.” she said.
The DEOC facilitated the development of a system for providing appropriate accommodation for students with disabilities in the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB).
The Election Commission of India has also been selected under the companies/organisations category.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Bengaluru / by Staff Reporter / August 03rd, 2018
06th
Doctors use new technology for liver transplant
Normothermic Liver Perfusion can keep a liver alive outside the body for up to 24 hours
At a time when the country faces a high donor liver rejection rate due to poor quality of preservation and logistical challenges, doctors in a private hospital in Bengaluru have performed a liver transplant using ‘Normothermic Machine Perfusion’. This process can keep a liver alive outside the body for up to 24 hours by maintaining it at body temperature.
The organ recipient, 53-year-old Ashwath S.T., who was suffering from an end-stage liver disease. He became the first person in Asia to receive a liver transplant using this technology, claim doctors.
The surgery — considered the next important step forward in liver transplantation — was performed at Aster CMI Hospital using UK’s OrganOx Metra device technology, brought to India by the Hyderabad-based Duraent Lifesciences.
Sonal Asthana, Senior Hepatobiliary and Transplant Surgeon at the hospital, told The Hindu that the technology allows physicians to test how well a liver is functioning before transplant, boosting the chances of a successful transplant.
Dr. Asthana along with Rajiv Lochan, Senior Consultant and Hepato-pancreato-biliary and Transplant Surgeon, conducted the 18-hour surgery along with a team of nine doctors in April.
Livers are usually stored in ice and a preservation solution in a small box where they can be kept for 12 to 14 hours before transplant. Sometimes, those less suitable for transplant do not survive the cold and begin to deteriorate.
The new device has created a system that allows blood to circulate through the liver. When the organ is in the device that mimics the body, doctors can monitor the blood flow and letting out bile, and can better tell how it might work in a patient. The technology has only been available in Europe and the US so far.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> Cities> Bengaluru / by Special Correspondent / August 03rd, 2018