Get Surrey |
Organ donors awarded posthumously for making ‘selfless gift to others’
Get Surrey Between April 2014 and March 2015, the number of deceased organ donors in the UK dropped for the first time in 11 years, to 1,282 people. The Order of St John and NHS Blood and Transplant are urging everyone in the UK to discuss organ donation with … |
Niagarathisweek.com |
‘Time is not on my side’
Niagarathisweek.com Shortened waiting times: The length of time it takes for an organ to become available is significantly reduced when the organ comes from a living donor versus a deceased donor. Depending on their condition, diagnosis, status, blood type and size … |
Montreal Gazette |
Opinion: No, I won’t sign a petition asking for a pause in Canada’s plan to …
Montreal Gazette In this Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015 file photo, Syrian refugee Mahmoud Naoura, 30, center, chants “Thanks God we are safe,”while standing on a dinghy arriving from the Turkish coast to the northeastern Greek island of Lesbos. Bold ideas for helping Syrian … |
Macleans.ca |
Why fatty liver disease is on the rise
Macleans.ca That has created high demand for liver donations, but many donors themselves have undiagnosed NAFLD. As a result, “we are discarding more and more [livers] from deceased donors because they are too fatty for us to use,” says Lilly, “so we’re really … |
Your Views: Kidney transplant waitlist needs new ideas, perspectivesJanesville GazettePart of what has gotten us here is a reliance on altruistic living donors to make up the deficit of kidneys supplied from deceased donors. Unfortunately, over the las…
Scunthorpe Telegraph |
Remarkable Scunthorpe girl Becky Roberts (17) saves six lives following her …
Scunthorpe Telegraph Between April 2014 and March this year, the number of deceased organ donors in the UK dropped for the first time in 11 years. Ralph Marshall, chairman of the local County Priory Group of the Order of St John, said: “With around three people dying every … |
Yahoo7 News |
Teen transplant recipient awed by gift
Yahoo7 News “(It’s) a day for all Australians to reflect on the gift of organ and tissue donation and to simply say thanks to living and deceased donors and their families,” says Rural Health Minister Fiona Nash. Jesse, who on Friday graduated from high school … |
Better public understanding helps promote organ donation7thSpace Interactive (press release)The study revealed that the views of participants who are willing to donate organs include the ability to help others, organs being of no use after death, posit…
SBS |
Comment: How do you say thank you for saving a life?
SBS A day for each of us, as a community and as individuals, to say, ‘thank you’ to organ and tissue donors and their families who agreed to donation. More than 7,000 Australian lives have been saved by more than 2,000 deceased organ donors and their … Better public understanding helps promote organ donation7thSpace Interactive (press release) |
Telegraph.co.uk |
One in ten on transplant waiting list dies before organ is found despite surge …
Telegraph.co.uk “But even if your name is on the list, in the circumstance of a death, the family of the deceased has to agree to the organ donation. If they say no, then their wishes are honoured, regardless of whether or not their loved one’s name is on the organ … |