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29May/15

Family’s Melnyk-inspired plea for liver donor gets overwhelming response – Ottawa Citizen

May 29, 2015UncategorizedDeceased Donors - Google News

Family’s Melnyk-inspired plea for liver donor gets overwhelming response
Ottawa Citizen
However, since Budziak isn’t at the top of the donor list, she isn’t able to accept a transplant from a live donor. She is in stable condition and is being treated with medicine while she awaits a liver from a deceased donor. The family is asking …
‘I feel like I can’t save my own daughter’: Ont. infant needs liver donationCTV News

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29May/15

Sister meets man with her brother’s transplanted face – BBC News

May 29, 2015UncategorizedDeceased Donors - Google News

Brisbane Times

Sister meets man with her brother’s transplanted face
BBC News
Footage from Channel 9’s 60 Minutes programme in Australia shows the moment Rebekah Aversano sees – and touches – the face of her dead brother. The recipient, Richard Norris, from Virginia, US, was severely injured in a shotgun accident 15 years ago.
Face transplant patient meets donor’s sisterGazette Herald
World-first face transplant patient Richard Norris meets donor’s sisterBrisbane Times

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29May/15

Local family pleads for liver donation – NorthernLife.ca

May 29, 2015UncategorizedDeceased Donors - Google News

NorthernLife.ca

Local family pleads for liver donation
NorthernLife.ca
Live donation also provides the recipient with a high quality organ, whereas around 35 per cent of deceased donor organs are less than ideal due to advanced donor age, mild to moderate liver abnormalities and incomplete knowledge of the donor’s health …

28May/15

‘We’ve reached the end of the line’: Infant needs liver donation – CTV News

May 28, 2015UncategorizedDeceased Donors - Google News

CTV News

‘We’ve reached the end of the line’: Infant needs liver donation
CTV News
In a statement, her parents said they were inspired by the overwhelming response to an appeal for a liver donor from Eugene Melnyk, the owner of the Ottawa Senators, earlier this month. The baby is on a wait-list for a deceased donor, but because she …

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27May/15

Are public appeals for a live organ donor fair? – Troy Media

May 27, 2015UncategorizedDeceased Donors - Google News

Troy MediaAre public appeals for a live organ donor fair?Troy MediaIt is entirely understandable for those in desperate need to give up on the waitlist for a deceased donor and to reach out to their friends and family, and, if they are able to do so, t…

27May/15

Sunrise star David Koch quits organ donation advisory body but stoush … – NEWS.com.au

May 27, 2015UncategorizedDeceased Donors - Google News

NEWS.com.au

Sunrise star David Koch quits organ donation advisory body but stoush …
NEWS.com.au
Problems with Australia’s organ donation program emerged earlier this year with a performance report showing the number of deceased organ donors fell three per cent from 391 to 378 in 2014, and transplant recipients also decreased by one per cent.
David Koch tells Coalition to ‘get a backbone’ over organ donor reviewThe Guardian
Organ transplant audit: Government will review donation to authorityABC Online
Koch told about review a week ago: Nash9news.com.au
Sydney Morning Herald
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27May/15

Is it fair to make a public appeal for a live organ donor? – Guelph Mercury

May 27, 2015UncategorizedDeceased Donors - Google News

Is it fair to make a public appeal for a live organ donor?Guelph MercuryThis benefits everyone by increasing the availability of organs from deceased donors. It is important to remember that wealth and fame do not play a role in the allocation of organ…

27May/15

David Koch tells Coalition to ‘get a backbone’ over organ donor review – The Guardian

May 27, 2015UncategorizedDeceased Donors - Google News

The Guardian

David Koch tells Coalition to ‘get a backbone’ over organ donor review
The Guardian
“For the period 2009-2014, Australia’s number of deceased organ donors has increased by 53% and the number of transplant recipients increased by 38%. However, there is more to be done and the OTA will work with the review team to identify where further …
Organ transplant audit: Government will review donation to authorityABC Online
David Koch told of organ donation review a week agoSydney Morning Herald
‘Get a backbone’: David Koch quits organ donation council live on airThe Australian
Courier Mail
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24May/15

Bulka: Presumed consent the wrong approach – Ottawa Citizen

May 24, 2015UncategorizedDeceased Donors - Google News

Ottawa CitizenBulka: Presumed consent the wrong approachOttawa CitizenThe recent situation faced by Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk has highlighted the need for more deceased organ donors in Ontario. On any given day in this province, 1,600 people …

23May/15

Whitemarsh mother donates liver to save her infant daughter – The Times Herald

May 23, 2015UncategorizedDeceased Donors - Google News

Whitemarsh mother donates liver to save her infant daughter
The Times Herald
In our region, which is the Gift of Life Donor Program service area, there are 6,110 people waiting for a deceased donor organ, about which about 5,100 are waiting for a kidney and about 700 for a liver. Different organs have different waiting lists.”.

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