Vancouver SunTransplant survivors, donors lace up to show their stuff in the Sun RunVancouver SunLast year, 423 transplants were performed in B.C., with organs taken from 97 deceased donors and 95 living donors. B.C. Transplant, which manages the B.C. …
Montreal Gazette |
‘I’m looking for a healthy person who will save my life,’ man seeking kidney donation says
Montreal Gazette Lopez is hoping someone will hear his plea and make a live donation. The wait for a kidney from a deceased donor in Quebec can stretch up to eight years for patients with particular needs like Lopez. The average wait, however, is nearly three years … |
6minutesOrgan donors save record number of Australians6minutesLast year, a record 1713 lives were saved from 503 deceased donors and 267 living donors, says Aged Care and Indigenous Health Minister Ken Wyatt . The number has almost doubled since Januar…
Cherry Hill Courier Post |
‘Angel’ donates kidney to husband
Cherry Hill Courier Post He doubts he would live long enough to receive a new kidney from a deceased donor, a three- to five-year wait. “There’s not enough donors out there for everybody who needs organs,” Angel Fox said. The couple can hardly wait for their his-and-hers … |
South China Morning PostFighting to stay alive: Liver transplant mother in Hong Kong shows …South China Morning PostA dying mother who received a liver transplant from a live donor last week showed signs of reviving on Monday afternoon hours after sh…
The Province |
‘It’s a big ask’: Hundreds of kidney donors needed in B.C.
The Province Glenn Miller needs a new kidney. But so do 513 other British Columbians. The single dad from Pitt. |
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Basic issues cited for NZ’s lack of organ donors
New Zealand Herald World leader Spain has 36 donors per million population – more than three times New Zealand’s rate of 10.2. And that is despite deceased organ donations almost doubling in her between 2005-15, from 29 to 53. With the Ministry of Health investigating … |
The State |
How a young father was saved by faith and his wife’s Facebook post
The State Nationally, about 100,000 people are on a waiting list for a kidney from a deceased donor. The average wait: three to five years. Too long for many of them. The best kidney, they were told at the meeting, is from a living donor. Hearing that, Haley … |
Emporia Gazette |
Giving the gift of life
Emporia Gazette His recipient has O positive blood type and had been told it is the longest wait for deceased donors — typically four to six years. “I was hoping I was a match,” Shaver said. “He has been waiting two years and the average lifespan for someone on … |
The National |
Busiest year for NHS Organ Donor Register is ‘real progress’, says Public Health Minister Aileen Campbell
The National Campbell said: “An increase in deceased donor numbers of 34 per cent is not only really positive news for people waiting for a transplant, it puts us ahead of our target in progressing to reach 26 deceased donors per million of population by 2020. Presumption in favour of opt-out transplant move says Scottish GovernmentGlasgow Evening Times Udaipur’s first Organ Donor Dash to be held on 16-AprUdaipurTimes Through organ donations, teen McAteer saved lives, brought comfortmessenger-inquirer |