Chippewa Herald |
New kidney transplant system helps some but doesn’t address wait time gap
Chippewa Herald It distributed deceased donor organs to patients who waited the longest, even if recipients were relatively old and frail and donors were young and healthy. The new system emphasizes “longevity matching.” Age and medical criteria are used to give each … |
Radio Australia |
Organ donation: Two year decline in the number of Australian donors, despite …
Radio Australia Despite programs to encourage more donors, there has been a decline in the rate of donation across the country, according to the advocacy group ShareLife. In April, there were 20 deceased donors in Australia – the usual April average is about 26 donors … |
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Should family members keep the right to overrule the wishes of organ donors?
TVNZ Organ donor campaigners say the veto is one reason that New Zealand has one of the lowest organ donor rates in the world, although they say it’s very hard to tell just how many deceased organ donations are overruled. There were just 46 deceased organ … |
St. Catharines Standard |
A mother’s gift of life
St. Catharines Standard In Ontario, the Trillium Gift of Life Network, matches organs from deceased donors with people waiting for a transplant. It also is part of a network of organ donation organizations across Canada, co-ordinated by Canadian Blood Services, that finds … |
Wide US Regional Variation In Organ Donation RatesMedical Research News and Interviews on MedicalResearch.com (blog)Dr. Goldberg: While there are data that demonstrate differences in authorization (consent) rates for deceased donation among racial and …
News Talk 650 CKOM |
‘You have your life back,’ transplant recipient, donor support annual walk
News Talk 650 CKOM Born with polycystic kidney disease, Deb Leisle started dialysis eight years ago. Four years later, while visiting a friend at St. Paul’s hospital, she met nurse Connie Cockrum. Cockrum learned of Leisle’s disease and need of a new kidney, and decided … |
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Need movement to encourage organ donations in India: Harsh Vardhan
Economic Times “Much is needed to be done in the area of organ donation. As of now, when there is a brain death, our transplant coordinators talk to the families concerned who (often) reject donation. In 2014, we (AIIMS) got 1-2 donations, which is very sad”, he said. |
The Hindu |
Need movement to encourage organ donations: Vardhan
The Hindu “They can serve as vision ambassadors, kidney ambassadors and play the crucial role of motivating and assisting people or the family of a deceased person to agree to organ donation,” the minister said. Expressing regret over the low percentage of organ … |
Herald ScotlandDespite record number of donors, long waits for kidneys remainMohave Valley NewsIn 2013, 68 percent of transplants in the U.S. were from deceased donors and 32 percent from living donors, according to the 2013 Organ Procurement Transplan…
Organ donors felicitatedThe HinduPrincipal Secretary (Health, Medical and Family Welfare) Suresh Chanda expressed his gratitude to the families for donating organs of their loved ones after they were declared brain-dead. He later presented the families…