The Guardian |
‘This is a problem that’s fixable’: the fight to get more Australians to donate organs
The Guardian Her story is captured in the opening minutes of the powerful new documentary Dying to Live, which has its world premiere this week at the Sydney film festival. Shortly after their daughter’s death, Kim and Allan Turner founded Zaidee’s Rainbow … |
Edmonton Sun |
WALKER: ‘The joy I feel at saving a life has been a gift to me,’ organ donor says
Edmonton Sun Badenoch had given part of her liver to a perfect stranger, a child. As a champion for organ donation for 20 years, I hadn’t thought enough about living donation. I was mostly focused on boosting Canada’s sad rate of organ donation from deceased donors. |
Ottawa Sun |
WALKER: ‘The joy I feel at saving a life has been a gift to me,’ organ donor says
Ottawa Sun Badenoch had given part of her liver to a perfect stranger, a child. As a champion for organ donation for 20 years, I hadn’t thought enough about living donation. I was mostly focused on boosting Canada’s sad rate of organ donation from deceased donors. |
Reykjavík Grapevine |
All Icelanders To Be Organ Donors By Default
Reykjavík Grapevine All Icelanders will be assumed to be organ donors by default, with two exceptions: if the deceased specified beforehand that they do not want their organs to be removed, or if the deceased said nothing on the matter but their closest relative objects. |
The National |
UAE prepares for organ donor registration programme this summer …
The National More than 1,000 UAE residents and medical experts came together in the capital on Tuesday for a workshop on this summer’s introduction of donor registration. |
Mirror.co.uk |
Britain’s first baby born by womb transplant expected by 2020 as …
Mirror.co.uk The first transplants will take place before the end of this year thanks to a pioneering medical technique. First UK womb transplant ‘by end of 2018’ – BBC NewsBBC News ‘Truly exciting’: First UK womb transplants to take place this yearManx Radio |
Daily Telegraph |
Children’s Hospital at Westmead paediatric donor nurse supports families in difficult time
Daily Telegraph There were 135 deceased donors in 2017, the state’s highest ever. ○ 67 per cent of Aussies are willing to donate but only 33 per cent have joined the Australian Organ Donor Register. ○ In NSW, 39 per cent of people have registered. ○ Join the … |
Asheboro Courier Tribune |
FirstHealth physician gives ‘gift of self’
Asheboro Courier Tribune Kidney donations can be from deceased donors or from living donors. The wait for a deceased donor kidney is often five years and could be twice that long, according to the National Kidney Foundation. During the wait, the patient is usually on dialysis … |
Orgenesis, Inc. – Overlooked Stock In The Gene Therapy Contract Development With R&D PipelineSeeking AlphaOne area of R&D with inconsistent outcomes has been pancreatic islet transplants (typically used from a deceased donor). Pancreatic islets…
UAE doctors encourage public to join organ donor registryThe NationalSome 22 people have had their lives prolonged with organs from six deceased donors since the organ transplant law was introduced in 2016. They donated 12 kidneys, three livers, four l…