Pontiac Daily Leader |
April is National Donate Life Month
Pontiac Daily Leader April is National Donate Life Month. Some of you may already be thinking, “What does this have to do with me?” By DEB ROBINSON / Editor. April is National Donate Life Month. Some of you may already be thinking, “What does this have to do with me?”. Community Encouraged To Wear Blue & Green FridayLos Alamos Daily Post |
|
23-year-old man seeking kidney donor
The Recorder “The other thing that’s hard is when you hear about people that get prioritized on that deceased donor list, young children under the age of 18 get prioritized,” Nelson said. “Because Eric is over 18, he’s in the same running as people who might be in … |
South China Morning Post |
Hong Kong’s selfless liver donor highlights the need for greater …
South China Morning Post Many severely ill people in Hong Kong in urgent need of an organ transplant may die before a donor can be found, as the organ donation rate in the city, even … Access to liver transplants is worse for New Yorkers – NY Daily NewsNew York Daily News |
Yahoo Finance |
Gene and His Big Dumb Kidneys Launch Search for a Living Donor
Yahoo Finance Currently, more than 93,000 people are waiting on kidney transplant lists in the U.S. The wait for a deceased donor could be five years, and in some states, it is closer to 10 years – time that Gene and his kidneys just do not have. “For many years, I … |
Gene and His Big Dumb Kidneys Launch Search for a Living DonorPR Newswire (press release)ORANGE COUNTY, Calif., April 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Gene Okun, a 50-year-old renewable energy consultant and former competitive body builder, lives …and m…
BioEdgeEuthanised organ donors could dramatically shorten waitlists in Belgium, say doctorsBioEdgeAn estimated maximum of 10.1% of all patients undergoing euthanasia could potentially donate at least 1 organ, with 684 organs potentially available for d…
CoconutsHong Kong mother out of coma after second liver transplant, says …CoconutsTang Kwai-sze, the 43-year-old mother whose race to find a liver donor has been dominating Hong Kong news, is out of her coma after a second liver transplant …an…
Bendigo Advertiser |
Carry on, Roman: organ donor saves boy’s life
Bendigo Advertiser Many mysteries still surround the two-week illness that left Bendigo boy Roman Middleton needing a liver transplant last year. The aggressive virus that almost claimed the six-year-old’s life remains unidentified and so too does the person whose death … |
Great Falls Tribune |
Lewistown family searching for kidney donor
Great Falls Tribune That leaves Mike and Doreen waiting, and praying that a compatible organ becomes available from a deceased donor — or even more hopefully, that some living donor can be found to give a gift almost beyond comprehension. “I remember Dr. Soldyshev’s … |
Austrian TribuneCommunity Encouraged To Wear Blue & Green FridayLos Alamos Daily PostLiving and deceased donors are celebrated in April, as well as the remarkable achievements in the area of transplants. According to the Organ Procurement and Trans…