Times of India |
Dead donors‘ kin to get priority in kidney transplants
Times of India Kydneys can be donated by both living and deceased donors. “In case of a living source, the donor is already decided for a specific recipient. For deceased donor source, which is scarcely available in the country , the recipient needs to be selected … |
Green Bay Press Gazette |
Cobb visits patients, urges organ donations
Green Bay Press Gazette “There are only certain instances where we can take donations from people who are deceased … so there tons of people on the transplant list who have been waiting for years and years, and some who pass away without the chance to be transplanted. |
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Govt issues allocation criteria for kidney transplant
Business Standard The government has issued allocation criteria for deceased donor kidney transplant for donation of the organ in a “transparent” manner, the Rajya Sabha was informed today. “Draft guidelines for kidney had been placed in public domain for seeking … |
New Republic |
Dead Man’s Sperm
New Republic In 2006, a judge who was interpreting organ donation policy ruled that organs, sperm included, can be gifted by a man’s parents after his death, provided the man didn’t previously refuse to make such a gift. Because we still can’t decide on what sperm … |
Women get new organs in rare domino transplantCleveland 19 NewsAnd Tammy received the heart and lungs from a deceased 21-year-old donor. Tammy had cystic fibroses, and receiving lungs was critical. Her heart was still functioning well, but was pushed o…
Rocky Mount Telegram |
Study: Cell transplants offer hope to diabetics
Rocky Mount Telegram The questions: How best to obtain those islet cells from deceased donors, and who benefits most from transplants? When glucose levels drop too low, most people with Type 1 diabetes experience early warning signs — slurred speech, tremors, sweating, … |
Bureau County Republican |
‘Don’t take your organs to heaven …’
Bureau County Republican “Your heart still has to be beating; you still have to have oxygen going through your body,” Wamhoff said of eligible organ donors. “So if you are declared brain dead. and there’s no hope at all, that person is going to be LifeFlighted and taken to … |
NIJT News |
Donors and Scholarship Recipients Share Stories of Success
NIJT News It’s always a poignant sight: a group of donors — older, successful and generous — meeting with the students — young, nervous and grateful — who benefit from their donations. And that was the sight on April 22, when donors came to NJIT to have … |
CBS Local |
2 Women Get New Organs In Rare ‘Domino’ Transplant At Stanford
CBS Local One surgical team removed the heart and lungs from the deceased donor, a second team implanted them in Tammy, and a third team implanted Tammy’s heart in Linda. “This is essentially a once in a lifetime situation,” Woo said. The surgery was touch and … |
How Do We Restore the Republic?Patriot PostA few million who are not even citizens or are deceased. And those of us who are patriots … As it is now their priorities once in office are as follows: self, party, special interest groups, big money donors…