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Utahns commemorate lives saved by organ donation | KSL.com
KSL.com Utah’s Intermountain Donor Services on Saturday hosted a celebration to honor the 6673 names that have been etched on the Celebration of Life Monument at … Hundreds gather to honor the heroes who said ‘Yes’ to being a donorGood4Utah Hundreds of life-saving donors honored at annual Celebration of …fox13now.com |
Deseret NewsUtahns commemorate lives saved by organ donationDeseret NewsThis year, there were 619 names of deceased donors and 31 names of living donors added to the Celebration of Life Monument at Library Square in Salt Lake City. The 6,673 names that…
CTV News |
Doctors divided over whether China still harvests organs of executed prisoners
CTV News In a country that routinely suppresses discussions of human-rights issues and cracks down on lawyers and independent groups, government officials and state media have been relatively open about China’s problems with organ donation. Dr. Huang Jiefu … |
Sahuarita Sun (subscription) |
Sahuarita dad not alone on journey toward kidney transplant
Sahuarita Sun (subscription) As word got out, 20 people signed up to be tested as potential kidney donors. They’ve cleared the initial hurdles and are looking at more extensive vetting to see if they’re a match. But there’s always room for more — the bigger the pool, the more … |
Daily Times |
PHOTA suffering at the hands of govt’s apathy
Daily Times Under this act, a monitoring authority (PHOTA) was notified to supervise and scrutinise transplantation of human organ and tissues besides organising events to recognise and acknowledge the act the supreme altruism of living donors and family of … |
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More departed hearts beat for the living in state
The New Indian Express Besides, religious reasons, which once kept the people off donation, have now motivated them with religious leaders becoming donors,” says Deceased Donor Multi Organ Transplantation Programme state convenor Dr Thomas Mathew. According to … |
QUICK NOTESThe Navhind TimesThere is an acute shortage of organ donors in India a result of which many patients on the waiting list succumb to disorders as they do not receive organs in time. There is a need to start a deceased donor transplant at the …
The New Indian ExpressIn Iran, unique system allows payments for kidney donorsThe New Indian ExpressIn the United States, about a third of kidney donations come from living donors. The average kidney from a deceased donor lasts 10 years, while one from…
SalonIn Iran, unique system allows payments for kidney donorsSalonThe average kidney from a deceased donor lasts 10 years, while one from a living donor averages about 15 years, according to Dr. David Klassen of the United Network for Organ Sharing, or…
Al-Bawaba |
More than 44,000 new organ donor registrations during Ramadan …
Al-Bawaba More than 44000 new organ donors signed up to Qatar’s pioneering Organ Donor Registry during Ramadan – more than double last year’s total for the same … |