GIANFICARO: Organ donation changes everybody | Phil Gianficaro …Burlington County TimesThe miracle of organ donation has no closing credits, no stop signs on a lifesaving road. With organ donation, there are no dead ends.and more »
New York’s PIX11 / WPIX-TV |
New York medical schools will stop using unclaimed bodies from medical examiner
New York’s PIX11 / WPIX-TV The Chief Medical Examiner’s Office started providing schools with unclaimed bodies 40 years ago because of a shortage of donors for medical research, ASMNY said. Schools last received bodies from the medical examiner in 2014, but only 20 of the 800 … |
The State Journal-Register |
Multiple factors lead to Dawson man’s plan to give kidney to stranger in Chicago
The State Journal-Register With no relatives turning out to be matches and Stewart facing an average wait of five years for a kidney from a deceased donor, Laura didn’t want her husband to be one of the 200 to 300 Illinoisans who die each year waiting for a transplant … |
The Sunshine Coast Daily |
LETTER: Simple solution
The Sunshine Coast Daily This assistance to those left behind to carry the burden of organising and often paying for the deceased’s funeral would encourage many more donors to volunteer. I have estimated the costs with my research and come up with savings to the taxpayer of … |
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Donor’s kin pledge to play crusaders – Times of India
Times of India Three families, which had donated organs of their deceased kin recently, are ready to take the drive forward in the state. |
Western Journalism |
INVESTIGATION: Coincidence Or Conspiracy? The Bodies Pile Up Around Bill And Hillary
Western Journalism On August 2nd, Shawn Lucas — working on behalf of the Bernie Sanders campaign and upset supporters — was found dead on a bathroom floor Lucas had just served the DNC a month earlier (July 2nd) with a lawsuit filed by donors to the Vermont Senator … |
Guelph Mercury |
Guelph’s Coun. Phil Allt to donate kidney to ailing brother
Guelph Mercury Phil Allt, who is donating a kidney to his brother Greg this fall, sports a beadonor.ca shirt while Greg holds a mug that Phil gave him for Christmas last year, … |
Bend BulletinDonate now, get a kidney later; Now program allows donors to get a …Bend BulletinWhen Howard Broadman learned his 4-year-old grandson, Quinn, would someday need a kidney transplant, he decided to pay it forward and donate a kidney to&nbs…
Economic Times |
Dengue alert! Over 100 fresh cases in last 24 hours, create panic in Bengal
Economic Times “Organ donation is driven by altruism. Most donors, many of them accident victims with head injuries, land up in government hospitals where organs are harvested. Recipients are mostly in corporate hospitals as there aren’t enough transplant centres in … |
Drive to increase live kidney donations in the West of Scotland …Glasgow Evening TimesA total of 42 people donated a kidney including three people who gave an organ altruistically to help a stranger.