24Jul/16

Summertime drop in blood donations hits when demand is highest for Central Blood Bank – Tribune-Review

Summertime drop in blood donations hits when demand is highest for Central Blood Bank
Tribune-Review
Summer offers a conundrum for blood banks: demand increases at the same time donations drop. “This is cyclical,” said Kristen Lane, a spokeswoman for the Pittsburgh-based Central Blood Bank. “This happens every year in the summer.” “In the summertime …
Seneca Valley senior organizes blood driveButler Eagle (subscription)

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24Jul/16

Brave Sydney boy who is Australia’s smallest liver transplant patient – Daily Mail


Daily Mail

Brave Sydney boy who is Australia’s smallest liver transplant patient
Daily Mail
A two-month-old Sydney baby was the first of his weight and age to receive a rare liver transplant that has saved his life. Born with a rare auto-immune disease called neonatal haemochromatosis at just 32 weeks, Aidan Neale’s liver was too badly

24Jul/16

Boy ‘Assaulted’ Allegedly By BJD Men For Refusing To Donate Blood In Odisha – NDTV


Hindustan Times

Boy ‘Assaulted’ Allegedly By BJD Men For Refusing To Donate Blood In Odisha
NDTV
According to the FIR, the boy was forcefully taken from college in a motorbike towards the donation camp. Cuttack: A minor boy has been assaulted allegedly by a group of ruling BJD activists for refusing to donate blood in a camp organised by a party …
Minor student thrashed for refusing to donate bloodThe Hindu
Minor ‘assaulted’ by BJD men for refusing to donate bloodHindustan Times

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23Jul/16

My tragic sister wrote in her diary ‘This will be my last summer. I cannot wait to be at peace’ – Irish Independent


Irish Independent

My tragic sister wrote in her diary ‘This will be my last summer. I cannot wait to be at peace’
Irish Independent
Belfast businesswoman and celebrity hairdresser Brenda Shankey (45) today will say a final goodbye to her beautiful younger sister Erin Wilkinson, who died last week at the age of just 32 after a long battle with alcohol and drugs. Here, Brenda tells

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