Lancashire Telegraph |
Project aiming to raise awareness of donations importance
Lancashire Telegraph A MAJOR new campaign to promote organ donation among East Lancashire’s South Asian community will be launched next month. An award-winning nurse and a community group have joined forces to launch the drive with a specially-targeted video, which … |
ThinkProgressHow Can We Get More Black People The Organ Donations They Need?ThinkProgressWith bipartisan support behind organ donation and an outpouring of dollars to increase awareness around the issue, some advocates say that change is on the horizon…
NJ.com |
Hamilton resident to take part in N.J. Kidney Walk
NJ.com Buttacavole said he wants to get his story out for others considering kidney donation. He said that after a couple of days of discomfort, he was able to progress rather quickly, and was “back to life” after two weeks. Recently, Battacavole and … The … |
The Kingston Whig-Standard |
Raising awareness, one donor at a time
The Kingston Whig-Standard … Cleric and “Ottawa’s coolest Imam,” departed from Ottawa this week for Toronto to begin a 10-day biking journey. Each day, he will stop in a new city to raise awareness and encourage individuals to register as organ donor through the Trillium Gift … |
Yahoo News Canada (blog) |
The Melynck effect: NHL owner’s plea raises awareness on organ donations
Yahoo News Canada (blog) While people often associate organ donation with a dying person’s wishes, live donation is becoming more common, with people getting used to the idea of sharing a piece of themselves while they’re alive and well. The most urgently needed organs from … Kendal could be an inspirational ‘donor town’The Westmorland Gazette |
Boulder WeeklyClimbing for CarleenBoulder WeeklyTheir work would help dispel misconceptions, promote testing and organ donation, and connect people with the support and treatment they need. It started with James and the oldest McGuffey … The virus ca…
Politico |
‘It felt like war’
Politico Her experience is hardly unique—last November, an Ethiopian refugee named Badesa Fokora died of kidney failure in a Johannesburg hospital after being denied dialysis or a place on the organ transplant list. It’s a slow undertow of hatred that keeps … |
ChronicleLive |
Gateshead transplant patient in search for kidney donor as he awaits third …
ChronicleLive He now has dialysis three times a week as he awaits a donor to come forward for his third operation. He said: “It could … “Having the opportunity to meet the families of those who have kindly donated the organs of their loved ones to help others is … |
Lakeshore Advance |
Parents make plea for donor liver for eight-month-old daughter
Lakeshore Advance The newborn was diagnosed in November with Biliary Atresia — a rare disease where bile becomes trapped, builds up and damages the liver, causing difficulty for the organ to remove toxins — and needs a liver transplant to survive. “People tell me I’m … |
Orillia Packet & Times |
Parents make plea for donor liver for eight-month-old daughter
Orillia Packet & Times The newborn was diagnosed in November with Biliary Atresia — a rare disease where bile becomes trapped, builds up and damages the liver, causing difficulty for the organ to remove toxins — and needs a liver transplant to survive. “People tell me I’m … |