Sky News Australia |
World athletes compete in Transplant Games
9news.com.au The week-long event was opened on Sunday morning at the Sydney International Regatta Centre in Penrith by MC Senator Derryn Hinch, who had a liver transplant in 2011, and NSW Health Minister Jillian Skinner. “The Australian Transplant Games is a … World athletes compete in Transplant Games – News.com.auNEWS.com.au |
The Voice OnlineCampaign calls for more black organ donorsThe Voice OnlineNHS BLOOD and Transplant (NHSBT) is urging people from black and minority ethnic (BAME) communities to consider donating organs following the launch of a campaign to tackle the c…
WCPO |
From heroin to hero: How Travis Senters saved 3 men after his overdose
WCPO One of every four organ donors in Greater Cincinnati (26 percent) last year was an overdose victim, according to Life Connection of Ohio. The national rate last … 18 to 26 as “Prescription Opioid and Heroin Epidemic Awareness Week.” “Although we have … |
GlamourThis Woman Died Because Her Bacterial Meningitis Seemed Like a …GlamourIn April, Jennifer Gray, a 21-year-old from Scotland, died less than a day after she started complaining of a hangover. This week, which is Meningitis Awareness …and…
Manchester Evening News |
Six-year-old Emilie Austin beat cancer – and now she’s proved to be a real winner at the British Transplant Games
Manchester Evening News The family are now supporting Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, as well as Organ Donation Week which took place earlier this month. “Both campaigns are so important. Emilie didn’t appear unwell until a week before she was diagnosed. Her tumour just … |
Thurrock GazetteOrgan donor campaign takes to Grays High Street (From Thurrock …Thurrock GazetteA campaigning mum and Thurrock MP Jackie Doyle-Price took to Grays High Street last Friday to urge people to talk to their families about their organ dona…
Herald Sun |
Hinch’s ex says she is no ‘bunny boiler’2:00
Herald Sun But Allan Turner, chief of Zaidee’s Rainbow Foundation, which promotes awareness of organ and tissue donation, said Senator Hinch’s behaviour would make some question who would receive their organ. “He’s let a lot of people — including himself — down … Hinch at the pub before liver transplantSydney Morning Herald |
STV News |
Meningitis Awareness Week: ‘We never thought she was going to die’
STV News “We did get a letter about eight weeks later to tell us that she’d managed to donate her organs to five different people including a five-year-old girl. “A 60-year-old lady got a lung transplant, two people got her kidneys, pancreas, liver. So that was … |
Jersey Evening Post |
‘Opt-out’ organ donation possible
Jersey Evening Post 16120495 Consultant gynaecologist Neil MacLachlan, whose daughter Catherine had a life-saving heart transplant when she was 15, told the JEP this week that despite meeting ministers and hearing comments from other States Members backing the idea of … |
Exmouth Journal |
Exmouth’s Steve hails successful campaign week
Exmouth Journal … Bicton Inn – featuring a model bodypainted with the locations of human organs and a pro-donation message – raised more than £260 for the British Lung Foundation. Steve will be back signing up donors in the Magnolia Centre tomorrow (Friday) from … |