Bloomington Pantagraph |
Organ donation Q & A
Bloomington Pantagraph Cmunt: Potential living donors go through an assessment process at the transplant program that consists of blood typing and testing, an extensive physical exam, review of the patient’s medical history and a psychological evaluation. For deceased donors … Getting to the heart of Switzerland’s organ donor problem | News …Expatica Switzerland |
Peterborough Examiner |
GoFundMe account for family of Peterborough native battling kidney failure
Peterborough Examiner “Unfortunately, Sophorn has not been matched with a donor because none of his immediate family members match his blood type and the current wait list in Ontario is seven to 12 years for a deceased donor,” she wrote, explaining how his decline in health … |
Breitbart News |
Vatican Conference Blasts China for Organ Trafficking
Breitbart News “Organ transplantation must be at the service of life and involve free consent by the living donors or their legitimate representatives. Ascertaining the death of the donor must be diagnosed with certainty, especially when dealing with a child’s death … Vatican conference challenges China on organ traffickingTaipei Times Organ donations are 100% voluntary, China sees large increase in donorsCCTV Vatican conference challenges China on organ transplant ethicsDeutsche Welle |
AL.comBecoming a kidney donor could save lives, including mine | AL.comAL.comIn October 2014, I became very ill and went to go see my doctor. After being examined, he sent me to the ER at Brookwood Baptist Medical Center, where it was …and more&…
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Ex-Chinese health minister challenged over organ trafficking at Vatican conference
Catholic Herald Online He provided scant data to rebut critics, however, showing only two slides indicating an increased number of living and deceased donors in recent years and China’s recent efforts to crack down on black market transplant activities. Huang first publicly … |
ecns |
Sparks fly as Vatican conference challenges China on organs
Business Standard Participants at a Vatican conference on organ trafficking challenged China to allow independent scrutiny to ensure it is no longer using organs from executed prisoners, saying Chinese assurances aren’t enough to prove the transplant program has been … Organ donations are 100% voluntary, China sees large increase in donorsCCTV Organ donation in China: 100% voluntary, 100 times moreecns Vatican conference challenges China on organ transplant ethicsDeutsche Welle |
Fox News |
Former classmate of dad battling colon cancer donates kidney to toddler son
Fox News Miles received a liver from a deceased donor last January, but the family was still in search of a kidney. “I put it out there,” Ashley told ABC News. Elizabeth Wolodkiewicz, a former high school classmate of the Wagners, saw the post and volunteered … |
Hindustan Times |
Organ donation gives life to 9, sight to 4 persons at Chandigarh’s PGIMER
Hindustan Times Admitted in PGIMER on January 30, Devender could not be retrieved and was finally declared brain dead on February 2. Showing exceptional courage, his family consented for organ donation, thereby, saving the lives of two terminally ill patients … |
Hindustan Times |
Organ donation: 13 get new lease of life in 4 days at Chandigarh’s PGI
Hindustan Times Four families who lost their kin in different road accidents helped give a new lease of life to nine critically-ill patients and sight to four others through organ donation.(Representative Photo). Thirteen people got a new lease of life after families … |
Renal and Urology NewsRecord Number of Transplants in 2016 ReportedRenal and Urology NewsDuring that same period, the number of kidney transplants involving deceased donors increased from 12,250 to 13,431, a 9.6% increase. The number of living-donor ki…