Millennium Post |
Condition of heart transplant patient is now stable
Millennium Post The city has seen a spurt in organ donation in recent times, due to the state government’s drive for awareness about deceased donor organ transplants. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who is also in charge of the Health department, has taken up major … |
Eagle-Tribune Santa Fund begins another seasonEagle-Tribune13 gas disaster, we of The Eagle-Tribune team are all the more determined to meet and hopefully exceed our goal. Donations range from a couple of dollars to well into four figures. Donors often…
The Times Herald |
RESTORING LIFE: Donate Life PA Act updates state organ donation law
The Times Herald “Not if you don’t look harder for a donor,” her doctor replied. “That may not happen.” The average wait time for a kidney from the national deceased donor waiting list is five years. Sometimes it’s less, sometimes it’s more. Suffice it to say, someone … |
Waikato TimesThe life a new kidney gave me: an organ recipient reflects, sixteen years onWaikato TimesIn 2002 she took a call saying there was a kidney available from a deceased donor. Last year, 215 Kiwis got lifesaving organ transplants from 73 donor…
Neos Kosmos |
Greek Australian organ donor saves three people’s lives
Neos Kosmos Organ donation occurs when a person allows an organ of theirs to be removed, legally, either by consent while the donor is alive or after death with the permission of the next of kin. Donation may be for research, or, more commonly, healthy organs and … |
Left Hand Valley Courier |
Living kidney donor gives health to Niwot’s Keesy
Left Hand Valley Courier Bob Keesy’s kidneys were failing so he asked for someone to give him one of their kidneys. One way he asked was a huge banner on the fence behind his house in Niwot which read, “Bob needs a kidney.” He just needed one kidney, but lucky Bob was … |
kfor.com |
Grandmother’s kidney donation garners kidney voucher for granddaughter while starting chain of kidney transplants
Emory News Center With more than 100,000 people waiting on a kidney on the deceased–donor waiting list, living kidney donor programs are making a big difference for patients in need. “By having a voucher donor, participating in living donation or receiving a kidney … Grandmother donates organ as ‘kidney gift certificate’ to save young granddaughter years from nowkfor.com |
whnt.com |
Grandmother donates organ as ‘kidney gift certificate’ to save young granddaughter years from now
whnt.com Living donor transplants can cut wait times by years, and research has shown that that living donor kidneys tend to outlast those from deceased donors. Veale didn’t want to lose out on the opportunity of a potential donor. After all, altruistic donors … |
New Zealand HeraldOrgan donor saves life of Christchurch motherNew Zealand HeraldEach donor has the potential to transform the lives of 10 people through the donation of organs and tissue. The number of donors has been steadily increasing since 2013 wh…
Point Pleasant Register |
Holzer to join Rose Parade float
Point Pleasant Register Djembe drums from Senegal, along with a Kuba drum from the Congo will carefully integrate 44 floral portraits in their beautiful design, honoring the brave lives of deceased donors. As the world’s most visible campaign to inspire organ, eye and tissue … |