St. Cloud Times |
Feds: It’s OK to use family leave to donate an organ
St. Cloud Times ST. CLOUD — If taking leave from work is your main barrier to donating a kidney or part of your liver, there’s good news from the U.S. Department of Labor this week. The department issued a new opinion letter on Tuesday that states a healthy organ … |
Chicago TribuneShout Out: Harvey Mysel of Glencoe, founded kidney donor networkChicago TribuneSo I started volunteering for my local organizations to educate the public and register to be an organ and tissue donor. I then watched the waiting list grow …
Egypttoday |
Organ donation hoped to become new culture in Egypt – Egypt Today
Egypttoday CAIRO – 29 August 2018: Sheikh Khalid al-Gendy, a member of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, announced that he will be attending Sherif al-Gazar’s … |
Norfolk Eastern Daily Press |
Host of events planned for Organ Donation Week
Norfolk Eastern Daily Press Recent national figures revealed there were 22 lifesaving deceased organ donors at NNUH last year, helping the UK reach its highest ever number of donors, and we’re incredibly grateful to all the brave and selfless families who agreed to donate their … NHS aims to tackle deadly shortage of organ donorsBarrhead News |
EJ Insight |
Mandatory hepatitis E testing mulled for organ donors – EJ Insight
EJ Insight The Hospital Authority (HA) said it is considering making hepatitis E screening mandatory for organ donors. The proposal came after the organs donated by a … Despite hepatitis E infections, Hong Kong’s potential organ donors …South China Morning Post Hong Kong public hospitals to consider new test for hepatitis E virus …Yahoo News |
Hong Kong Standard (press release) |
Deadly virus find sparks new check on organ donors – The Standard
Hong Kong Standard (press release) An expert panel has been set up to study whether screening for hepatitis E – a potential deadly virus – should be made compulsory for organ donors. Medical … Despite hepatitis E infections, Hong Kong’s potential organ donors …South China Morning Post Mandatory hepatitis E testing mulled for organ donors – EJ InsightEJ Insight Hong Kong public hospitals to consider new test for hepatitis E virus …Yahoo News Business Times all 9 news articles » |
Katy Times |
Houston Methodist program gives dialysis workers first-hand knowledge of living donor kidney transplantation
Katy Times … Methodist J.C. Walter Jr. Transplant Center. “It’s important that dialysis social workers have all the facts before talking to patients about living donation because more than 90,000 patients are currently on the kidney transplant list waiting for … |
Times of India |
District turns trendsetter with more child eye donors as awareness catches on
Times of India Having witnessed grief councillors talking to family members of the deceased on the importance of organ donation, she expressed her willingness to donate her nine-year-old son’s eyes when the body was brought to the mortuary after he died in an accident. |
EgypttodayEgyptian saves four Chinese people after his deathEgypttoday… or dead donors in cases where they are meant to save the life of a patient at a chronic state and on a condition that such transplants are legal, and should not include any finan…
ECNmag.comRoss Procedure May Provide Longer Survival And Better Quality Of Life, Study SuggestsECNmag.comPulmonary tissue from deceased donors is then used to replace the pulmonary valve. Its use has declined over the past 20 years due to its complexit…