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16Feb/16

Selston community helps brave meningitis survivor – Mansfield Chad


Mansfield Chad

Selston community helps brave meningitis survivor
Mansfield Chad
“Due to severe scarring, my kidneys no longer work at the necessary rate, so I will be on dialysis every night until a kidney transplant can be achieved. Whilst I still have to attend multiple rehabilitation appointments, and spend four days a week at

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15Feb/16

BOZICH | Monday Muse: Your Final Four locks; UNLV job update; Mo – WDRB 41 Louisville News – WDRB

BOZICH | Monday Muse: Your Final Four locks; UNLV job update; Mo – WDRB 41 Louisville News
WDRB
“But this isn’t about me,” Schwab said. “It’s about creating awareness for people to donate their organs. We have a supply problem. There are 122,000 people on the transplant lists across the country. We need more people to donate. Any opportunity to

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15Feb/16

National Donor Day urges public to consider, register for organ donation – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette


Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

National Donor Day urges public to consider, register for organ donation
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Julie Kilkeary’s prenatal ultrasound at 20 weeks in 2003 should have been one of the happiest days of her life. Pregnant with her first child, she was about to find out if she and husband, Kevin, were having a boy or a … Designed to coincide with

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15Feb/16

3000 pledge organs after plea by little saviour’s kin – Mumbai Mirror


Mumbai Mirror

3000 pledge organs after plea by little saviour’s kin
Mumbai Mirror
Many in the crowd broke down when Naisha stood on the dais and announced that she would follow her brother’s footsteps and donate her organs. “My brother and I had learned about organ donation at our school in Australia, and we discussed it with our …

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14Feb/16

Couple celebrates Valentine’s together after he donates kidney to save her life – Saskatoon StarPhoenix


Saskatoon StarPhoenix

Couple celebrates Valentine’s together after he donates kidney to save her life
Saskatoon StarPhoenix
A Saskatchewan man gave more than his heart to his ill fiancee in the weeks leading up to Valentine’s Day — he gave one of his kidneys. HO / THE … Willenborg said he wants to use recent media attention on their story to raise awareness of organ

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14Feb/16

Sepsis: David Carson explains how flu-like symptoms can have you fighting for your life hours later – The Independent


The Independent

Sepsis: David Carson explains how flu-like symptoms can have you fighting for your life hours later
The Independent
But 10 to 15 per cent of that number, especially those that have a genetic susceptibility to it, would continue to develop multiple organ failure. “And, sadly, a proportion of those would die even with the very best care in the world,” says Dr Daniels

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14Feb/16

Couple celebrates Valentine’s after he donates kidney to save her life – TheChronicleHerald.ca


TheChronicleHerald.ca

Couple celebrates Valentine’s after he donates kidney to save her life
TheChronicleHerald.ca
… and could be the donor. The following week Willenborg bought an engagement ring and two weeks later he proposed. … Willenborg said he wants to use recent media attention on their story to raise awareness of organ donation. He urges people to sign …
Couple celebrates Valentine’s together after he donates kidney to save her life680 News

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