organ transplants
Travel disruptions challenge global transplant deliveries
World
May 29, 2020
Travel disruptions challenge global transplant deliveries
PETAH TIKVA, Israel (AP) — Over the past two months, as air travel ground to a halt, Mishel Zrian has…
Health minister heads meeting for new Higher Committee for Organ Transplant
Egypt
June 4, 2015
Health minister heads meeting for new Higher Committee for Organ Transplant
Health Minister Adel al-Adawy headed a meeting of the new Higher Committee for Organ Transplant to stress the importance of organ…
Health Ministry: Organ transplants from clinically dead to apply within 18 months
Egypt
November 2, 2014
Health Ministry: Organ transplants from clinically dead to apply within 18 months
The Health Ministry’s organ transplant commission has predicted that transplants of organs from clinically dead citizens can take place within…
Health Ministry says working to legalize organ transplants from deceased
Egypt
November 10, 2012
Health Ministry says working to legalize organ transplants from deceased
Assistant Health Minister Abdel Hamid Abaza said the Health Ministry has not yet made a decision to allow organ transplant…
Q&A with Sherine Hamdy: Organ transplants, Islam and the struggle for human dignity in Egypt
Health & Fitness
January 15, 2012
Q&A with Sherine Hamdy: Organ transplants, Islam and the struggle for human dignity in Egypt
Many accounts of Egypt’s black market organ trade have surfaced over the years when youths with shoddy scars would describe…
Health minister lays down new rules for organ transplants
Egypt
January 20, 2011
Health minister lays down new rules for organ transplants
Egyptian Health Minister Hatem al-Gabaly on Thursday announced new rules and regulations governing human organ transplants for the country's hospitals.
Organ transplants to commence in private Egyptian hospitals
Egypt
December 14, 2010
Organ transplants to commence in private Egyptian hospitals
Private hospitals will begin carrying out organ transplant procedures in early July 2011, according to Egypt’s Minister of Health, Hatem…
Eleven arrested for alleged Damascus-to-Cairo organ trafficking
Egypt
October 4, 2010
Eleven arrested for alleged Damascus-to-Cairo organ trafficking
Eleven people have been arrested for alleged organ trafficking between Damascus and Cairo, the Syrian press reported on Monday.The group…
The organ transplant law: Good or bad?
Features/Interviews
March 4, 2010
The organ transplant law: Good or bad?
New legislation aimed at curbing the illegal traffic of human organs has been criticized by some experts who fear it…
Row in parliament over organ transplant bill
Egypt
February 16, 2010
Row in parliament over organ transplant bill
For the second day in a row, parliament on Tuesday witnessed altercations among National Democratic Party (NDP) and opposition MPs…