Times of India |
How transplant pricing fails the patient
Times of India “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 … |
KXNet.com |
Blood Drive Valued Volunteer
KXNet.com (Johnson) “In our region we have 109 hospitals, and we actually need 550 donors each and every day. The number of people that she has saved in her life through all those years in her life of doing the blood drive – when you think about it, every two … |
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Need to develop ethical organ donation prog: Research body
Times of India Ahead of Organ Donation Day on August 13, The George Institute for Global Health – India advocated for reforms in the context of both living as well as deceased organ donations so that the benefits could reach all who “truly” need them. “While paid … |
WCBI |
Bride Celebrates Her Wedding Day With The Man Her Father’s Heart Saved
WCBI Weddings can be heartwarming, but Jeni Stepien’s wedding was especially so: The man who walked her down the aisle had received her deceased father’s heart in an organ transplant. “It’s just like having my dad here, and better because we get to share … |
Epilepsy Research UKDystrophin Protein may be a Potential Treatment Target for EpilepsyEpilepsy Research UKThey compared this to similar samples obtained from deceased donors who did not have epilepsy (controls). They found that the level of full-lengt…
Washington Post |
‘I could feel his heartbeat’: Bride asks her dad’s heart recipient to walk her down the aisle
Washington Post The day before her wedding, Jeni Stepien said she met the man who would walk her down the aisle — a man who had received her father’s heart. When Arthur “Tom” Thomas arrived Friday at the church just outside Pittsburgh, he took Stepien’s fingers and … Bride Gets Walked Down The Aisle By A Man With Her Father’s Heart In Tearful CeremonyHuffington Post |
India Live Today |
21-year-old recipient writes a heart touching letter to the deceased 15-year-old donor’s family
India Live Today I’d like to express my sympathy for the death of your loved one. I also want to thank you for the special gift they donated. Without this donation, I would not be healing from a successful surgery right now, and I wouldn’t have another chance at a … |
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Deciphering Competition between al-Qa`ida and the Islamic State
CSS Resources (blog) Al-Shabaab’s now deceased emir Ahmed Godane deployed his internal security force, the Amniyat, to locate, imprison, and often kill “spies” and dissenters in the ranks. Many Amniyat, like Godane himself (an Isaaq clansman), come from Somalia’s lesser … |
Mirror.co.uk |
Best dad in the world? Father donates kidney to save three-year-old …
Mirror.co.uk A devoted dad has donated a kidney to his toddler daughter to save her life. Lee Chester, 37, made the brave decision after his three-year-old daughter Esme’s … |
The Boston Globe |
Trump’s allies urge big donors to look past controversies and pitch in …
The Boston Globe NEW YORK — In meetings with party loyalists across the country, allies of Donald Trump are imploring senior Republicans and party donors to come to Trump’s … |