CTV News |
NB toddler finally gets kidney after his mom was told she couldn’t donate hers
CTV News Zaccari’s medical ordeal has consumed a large part of his family’s life. His mother went so far as to paste a colourful decal down the length of her car that reads, “Be someone’s hero, be an organ donor.” Above the back wheel, a sign in bold red … |
Jewish ChronicleHealth experts call on Jewish community to raise awareness of organ donationJewish ChronicleSeveral members of the audience, who had either been the beneficiaries of organs themselves or had close family members who had benefitted, spok…
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‘Stand Tall With Cody’ And Become An Organ Donor
Jamestown Post Journal The Post-Journal and Jamestown Community College are teaming up to raise awareness and, hopefully, the number of organ donors. The college will have men’s and women’s basketball games Feb. 14 (5:30 and 7:30), Feb. 21 (5:30 and 7:30) and Feb. 24 (1 and … |
Greenville Daily Reflector |
Memorial unveiled celebrates the art of giving life
Greenville Daily Reflector Medical center leaders hosted a dedication ceremony this week for the new organ donor memorial, prominently displayed near the hospital lobby. The memorial. called, “The Wall of Hope,” depicts a multitude of colorful butterflies on glass, over a carved … |
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A new lease on life
Davisonindex Editor’s note: This is the last in a five-part series where I recounted my battle with cirrhosis of the liver and the life changing transplant I received in September. My story is an account of how I overcame my illness, but mostly I hope to heighten … |
Belfast TelegraphMark Dobson: I remember our frantic drive through the snow for surgeryBelfast TelegraphOrgan donation is truly a gift of life, and as anyone who has received a transplant will tell you, it is something which you live your life to honou…
JCC Launches Organ Donor Awareness CampaignJamestown Post JournalCrandall, a 2013 Jamestown Community College graduate and Post-Journal sportswriter who suffered viral heart failure last August, is not allowing his medical situation to deter him from p…
9news.com.au |
‘Her little half a heart is very tired’: Final moments before girl, 2, dies while waiting for a donor
9news.com.au A photographer has captured a family’s heartbreaking final moments before their two-year-old daughter passed away while waiting for a heart transplant. Adalynn Rogers was born in Tennessee with a congenital heart defect called hypoplastic left heart … |
The HinduJipmer honours relatives of cadaver donorsThe HinduDr.Santhi Tamilmani, Chief Nursing Officer, Senior faculties, staffs and public participated. A public interactive session on Brain death and organ donation chaired by Dr. A.S. Ramesh, Associa…
Belfast Telegraph |
Sweethearts urged to send organ donor Valentine’s cards
Belfast Telegraph The NHS is calling on people to send organ donor cards to their sweethearts for Valentine’s Day. NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) has joined forces with online greetings card retailer Moonpig to launch a series of Valentine’s Day cards which highlight … |