Times of India |
Margazhi’s on the move
Times of India Last weekend, as some sabhas started tuning in, the Vadapalani metro rail station hosted a Carnatic concert for an organ donation awareness campaign. Around 600 people gathered to listen to vocalist duo Ranjani and Gayathri. Some had come exclusively … |
BBC News |
What’s it like to live with a mechanical heart pump? – BBC News
BBC News Fifty years ago, renowned surgeon Christiaan Barnard carried out the world’s first heart transplant, a technique that today has become routine. Up to 300 people are currently on the UK’s transplant list and many are fitted with mechanical pumps as a … |
Belfast Live |
Court hears how schoolyard prank involving a football ended with tragic death of Oisin McGrath
Belfast Live It also emerged that his parents later set up a trust in their son’s name and memory, aimed at raising awareness in organ donation and brain injury research. Earlier both the McGrath and McDermott families listened as Mr Murphy outlined what he … |
the Irish News |
Oísín McGrath died after a slap or punch to the head delivered ‘without malice’, court hears
the Irish News A SCHOOLYARD prank involving a football sparking a chase and ultimately a slap or punch about the head resulted in the untimely and tragic death of Belcoo schoolboy Oisin McGrath three days later. Dungannon Crown Court also heard that 20-year-old … |
the Irish News |
Oísín McGrath died after a slap or punch to the head delivered …
the Irish News A SCHOOLYARD prank involving a football sparking a chase and ultimately a slap or punch about the head resulted in the untimely and tragic death of Belcoo schoolboy Oisin McGrath three days later. |
The Express TribuneFirst kidney transplant of a minor at state hospitalThe Express TribuneHe said that the paediatric transplant was a gift for the masses of the country as the medical facility only conducted the operation on adults. Professor Hafiz As…
ChesterChronicle.co.ukCourageous heart transplant boy talks of the moment he almost gave upChesterChronicle.co.ukHe remained on the organ transplant list for seven months at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle before a donor for him was finally found in …
Peninsula Daily News |
Saving a soul mate: Peninsula couple prepare for two surgeries
Peninsula Daily News Meanwhile, Lundquist and Alder-Turk hope to foster awareness of the need for living organ donors, despite the financial implications. “If everybody looked into donating, there wouldn’t be a shortage,” Lundquist said. “There’s no need for it.” “It’s not … |
Times of India |
Unni Mukandan and Anoop Menon pledge to donate their eyes
Times of India Talking to us, Unni divulges that signing up for eye donation was a long-time dream. “I am 30 now and I felt it is time to sign up. I always had this urge to be part of an eye donation movement, but due to lack of awareness, I always had an impression … |
Mirror.co.uk |
‘This will be my last Christmas unless I get a gift of new heart’ says teen desperately waiting for a transplant
Mirror.co.uk The teenager has just been given the news he has gone on the transplant list and now all he is praying for this Christmas is the gift of a new heart. As organ opt-out is being debated by the government, here, in his own words Dom, 19, from Suffolk … |