Observer-Reporter |
Washington Health System CEO signs vial for 2017 Rose Bowl Parade
Observer-Reporter Families of deceased donors are honored to see their loved one’s likeness showcased as part of the float. Living donors and recipients bring the float to life by riding on walking beside the float. The parade theme, “Echoes of Success,” tells the story … |
Connecticut Senate leader Looney to get kidney transplantNew Haven RegisterLooney recommended that people who are interested in learning more about the living donation option contact the Yale-New Haven Transplantation Center at 866-925-3897. A transpla…
Ottawa Sun |
Sherring: When a stranger saves your life — Paired program …
Ottawa Sun When complete strangers reach out to save a life, the most wonderful of things can happen. |
Ottawa Citizen |
Sherring: When a stranger saves your life — Paired program …
Ottawa Citizen When complete strangers reach out to save a life, the most wonderful of things can happen. But the road to getting your life back isn’t always an easy one. This is … |
NephrologyNews.comStudy finds liver is main, but not only, source of circulating APOL1NephrologyNews.com… Khuloud Shukha, MD, and Anders Berg, MD, PhD, from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, genotyped and quantified circulating APOL1 in two liver…
Korea TimesKim saves 100 lives with tissue donation – The Korea TimesKorea TimesA 66-year-old donated body tissues to some 100 patients after he died on Nov. 23, just a month after he signed up with the Korea Foundation for Human Tissue …and mor…
Austin Herald |
The long wait: Trimble hopes for a liver soon
Austin Herald After a final review, the donor’s status is either approved or denied. Trimble is hoping for the best. He knows the chance of getting a living donor’s liver is far better than getting a deceased donor’s liver. Of the approximate 16,000 livers needed … |
Stuff.co.nz |
Cultural cause of low Maori organ donation perception
Stuff.co.nz There has been a steady increase in the past five years but the number of deceased organ donors in New Zealand in 2015 was a lowly 53. Of that number, New Zealand Europeans make up 46, five were Maori, two were categorised as ‘Other’ and there were … Organ donation a ‘chance at life’ – national | Stuff.co.nzSunday Star Times |
Castanet.net |
Thanks for gift of life
Castanet.net So far this year, there have been 91 deceased donor cases and 92 living donor cases in B.C. – providing the gift of life to 396 recipients. “As many as 150 health-care workers can be involved in the donation and transplant process, and some never learn … |
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(VIDEO) Transplant recipients say thank you
Victoria News … get an opportunity to meet the people they helped,” said Dr. Sean Keenan, medical director for organ donation at BC Transplant. “Operation Popcorn is a small way for us to thank everyone from the critical care professionals who care for the … |