|
Letters: It’s never been easier (or more vital) to donate blood
The Advocate But donating blood (or bone marrow/blood stem cell tissue through “Be the Match” or organs/tissue through LOPA), is a completely unnatural human act and typically requires some courage, education and coaxing. Awareness usually does not come until it is … |
Daily News & Analysis |
Mumbai: 16-yr-old brain dead boy saves four lives
Daily News & Analysis A 16-year-old student who fell from a running train last week and was subsequently declared brain dead has given life to four other people by donating his organs. This is city’s 28th cadaver donation this year. “The boy was admitted to Rajawadi … |
|
Organ of Mercy
National Catholic Register The import of Bishop Muricken’s act was summarized in the reaction of E Sooraj, a 30-year-old helper at an Ayurvedic (traditional) hospital who had been struggling to stay alive with three dialysis treatments a week since both his kidneys became … |
|
A second chance for Cisco
University of Florida A CT scan donated by a human clinic delivered some much-needed good news: Cisco’s tumors hadn’t spread to his internal organs. But as the days went by, Cisco refused … Then, three weeks into his treatment, he began to resist coming out of the water … |
Daily Mail |
Cystic fibrosis sufferer Elle Grace Morris has touched the nation’s heart
Daily Mail These included: Watching X Factor live as a VIP; meeting Rita Ora and Olly Murs; having a big sleepover with lots of friends; promoting organ donation; being a princess for a day; getting a dog; making a music video; going on holiday; doing a bike ride … |
WalesOnline |
Family running to raise awareness following daughter’s diagnosis
WalesOnline After learning that Jade had chronic kidney failure, Mercedes was informed that her daughter would have to travel from Newport to Cardiff, three times a week, to receive the necessary dialysis treatment to ensure her kidneys would not deteriorate any … |
Campaign calls for more organ donorsNew Zealand HeraldLast week the Government launched a public consultation document outlining a number of proposed changes aimed at increasing our organ donor rates. Tauranga mother Mrs Reynolds-Wilson said she had be…
The Hans IndiaHyd emerging as liver transplant hubThe Hans IndiaHyderabad: Every week at least two to three liver transplant surgeries are being performed in the city in different hospitals. It comes as no surprise as liver diseases figure among the to…
|
Racers, fans remember Urbana 5, continue organ donor awareness efforts
Vinton Today But it turns out that last year’s event and the ongoing efforts to raise awareness of organ and tissue donation have been so successful that only one previous non-donor signed up on Sunday. “Benton County and the crowd is roughly 90% registered donors … |
Free Malaysia Today |
National organ pledges double in five years
Free Malaysia Today She attributed the leap to the Organ Donation Awareness Week, an initiative by the government since 2010 in educating the public on organ donation and the common misconceptions. “We wanted it to be something no longer frightening. So, we organised … |