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22May/15

Sue Ryder Leckhampton Court Hospice encouraging people to talk about their … – Gloucestershire Echo

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Sue Ryder Leckhampton Court Hospice encouraging people to talk about their …
Gloucestershire Echo
They have been encouraging Gloucestershire families and friends to have the conversation as part of Dying Matters Awareness Week which has been organised by the Dying Matters Coalition. The theme of Dying Matters Awareness Week 2015 has been ‘Talk …
Where there’s a will, there’s a way to helpOldham Chronicle

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22May/15

Rowan Stringer’s rugby death inquest to hear from final match referee – CBC.ca

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Rowan Stringer’s rugby death inquest to hear from final match referee
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Earlier in the week, the inquest heard testimony from several friends of Rowan Stringer, her high school teacher and rugby coach, a driving test administrator, former CFL quarterback Matt Dunigan and Stringer’s mother Kathleen. …. concussion …

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21May/15

Senators owners Eugene Melnyk didn’t jump transplant queue – Ottawa Sun

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Senators owners Eugene Melnyk didn’t jump transplant queue
Ottawa Sun
“In my conversations with Eugene, he’s giving some thought to what he might be able to do to help public awareness and education around organ donation,” said Senators alternate governor Ken Villazor. “We want to give him time to recover from the …
Donor wants healthy Melnyk to ‘bring the Stanley Cup home’: doctorsOttawa Citizen
Sens owner Eugene Melnyk doing well after liver transplant, donor too: doctorsBrandon Sun

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21May/15

Rowan Stringer’s brain wasn’t healed from previous concussions, surgeon says – CBC.ca

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Rowan Stringer’s brain wasn’t healed from previous concussions, surgeon says
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… ventilation and using feeding tubes if she survived. Her parents then made the difficult decision to remove Stringer’s organs for donation, as she had previously wanted, he said. … Earlier in the week, the inquest heard testimony from the teen’s …

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20May/15

Eugene Melnyk stable and improving in hospital after liver transplant – Ottawa Citizen

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Eugene Melnyk stable and improving in hospital after liver transplant
Ottawa Citizen
He said the team is putting plans in place to “do something significant” to continue to raise awareness about the need for organ donors. There are 1,600 people on waiting lists for a new organ in Ontario. People can register to be organ donors when …
Did Eugene Melnyk jump the queue for a new liver?Macleans.ca
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19May/15

Bangor twins who received kidneys from same donor join hospital ‘bikathon’ for … – Daily Post North Wales

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Bangor twins who received kidneys from same donor join hospital ‘bikathon’ for …
Daily Post North Wales
Jack and Joshua Parry, 11-year-old twins from Maesgeirchen in Bangor, were joined by opera singer and organ donation activist Rhys Meirion for the event to raise awareness of the need to talk about organ donation. Singers Bryn Fon and Sioned Terry and …
19May/15

DPS teacher gives student ultimate gift: Life – Detroit Free Press

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DPS teacher gives student ultimate gift: Life
Detroit Free Press
A’Ja left school early three days a week for four years so she could undergo grueling dialysis treatments. She had a … He has performed hundreds of transplants and works to raise awareness of the importance of minority organ donation. “I’ve had a lot …

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