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09Jul/13

'Dead' patient Colleen Burns wakes amid organ donation at St Joseph's Hospital … – Perth Now

Organ Donor

ABC30.com

‘Dead’ patient Colleen Burns wakes amid organ donation at St Joseph’s Hospital …
Perth Now
Colleeen Burns, 41, of Syracuse, New York, was admitted to St Joseph’s Hospital Health Centre in October 2009 after a drug overdose. Doctors concluded that she was brain dead, when in fact she was in a coma, and were preparing to harvest her organs for …
Organ Donation: Brain Dead Patient WakesThe Inquisitr
Dead woman wakes up during organ donationABC30.com
‘Dead’ organ donor wakes just in timeWND.com

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09Jul/13

Amgen heart failure drug deal is good news — but little more — for Cytokinetics – San Francisco Business Times (blog)

Organ Failure

Amgen heart failure drug deal is good news — but little more — for Cytokinetics
San Francisco Business Times (blog)
Thousand Oaks-based Amgen, meanwhile, received U.S. commercial rights to Servier’s chronic heart failure drug ivabradine, which is approved in Europe, and an exclusive option to develop and commercialize Servier’s Phase II heart failure drug S-38844 in …

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09Jul/13

Surrey man turns to India for transplant donor after years waiting in BC (w … – Vancouver Desi

Organ Donor, Organs, Other Transplantation

Vancouver Desi

Surrey man turns to India for transplant donor after years waiting in BC (w …
Vancouver Desi
The only thing that could make his life “completely normal again” is a kidney transplant — a South Asian donor his most-likely match, but with incredibly low organ donation rates among B.C.’s South Asian community, Thind has been told he could wait up …
09Jul/13

'Dead' patient opened eyes minutes before NY docs were due to harvest organs … – New York Post

Brain Death Declaration

‘Dead’ patient opened eyes minutes before NY docs were due to harvest organs …
New York Post
The hospital submitted a plan to correct the problems to the state health department, which ordered it to hire a consulting neurologist to teach staff how to diagnose brain death and a consultant to review the hospital’s quality assurance program. U.S …
09Jul/13

Conjoined twins from MP leave AIIMS to lead separate lives – Indian Express

Liver

The Hindu

Conjoined twins from MP leave AIIMS to lead separate lives
Indian Express
Dr M Bajpai, HoD, paediatric surgery department, said, “Their lower chest and upper abdomen — including the chest bone — were joined, and they had a common liver. Thankfully, the hearts were separate, with their own respective blood supplies …
Twins who shared liver survive 8-hour surgeryHindustan Times
Joined at birth, twins can now lead separate livesTimes of India
Conjoined twins from Madhya Pradesh successfully separated at AIIMSIndia.Com Health
Calcutta Telegraph –The Hindu –India Today
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