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22Nov/15

EXCHANGE: Community leader survives transplant, heads home – Lexington Herald Leader

EXCHANGE: Community leader survives transplant, heads home
Lexington Herald Leader
… he and Michelle want to give back and are increasing awareness about organ and tissue donation. “Sign up to be an organ donor,” Michelle said in the Kelleher family home last week. “It saves lives. Someone else’s loss and generosity saved my husband.”.

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21Nov/15

Festival organised in memory of Barnstaple teenager Katie Gammon – North Devon Journal


North Devon Journal

Festival organised in memory of Barnstaple teenager Katie Gammon
North Devon Journal
The Breathe Festival is aimed at raising awareness of cystic fibrosis and Katie’s family hope it will encourage people of all ages to sign up for organ donation. Throughout her life Katie was constantly campaigning for more people to become organ

19Nov/15

LIGHT IT UP | Create new traditions to usher in the birth of Christ this Advent – St.Louis Review


St.Louis Review

LIGHT IT UP | Create new traditions to usher in the birth of Christ this Advent
St.Louis Review
Advent is a time of preparation that points our hearts and minds to the two comings of Christ: at the end of time and at His birth on Christmas. The word Advent comes from the Latin “advenio,” meaning “to come.” For the first several weeks of Advent

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19Nov/15

Student’s father finds kidney match – battle continues – ECU The East Carolinian

Student’s father finds kidney match – battle continues
ECU The East Carolinian
A few weeks ago, Kassandra Klus wrote a message on her car asking for help to find a kidney donor for her dad, Ron Klus, who has Wegener’s granulomatosis and was in need of a kidney transplant. Ron Klus’ donor is a firefighter and plays in the same

19Nov/15

Gauteng Health Receives Ultrasound Machine At Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital – AllAfrica.com

Gauteng Health Receives Ultrasound Machine At Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital
AllAfrica.com
On Thursday, the hospital’s Department of Endocrinology will take ownership of ultrasound to the value of R700 000, donated by global pharmaceutical company, Merck. … The thyroid gland is a small butterfly-shaped organ found just below the Adam’s