D Healthcare DailySouthwest Transplant Alliance Breaks Ground on First-of-its-Kind FacilityD Healthcare DailyThe building will allow STA staff to bring organ donors to the facility where the organs can be removed before being sent to a transplant cente…
The Albany Herald |
Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital recognized for organ donation promotion
The Albany Herald ALBANY — Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital was among a group of hospitals nationwide recognized for promoting enrollment in a nationwide organ donor registry campaign. The Workplace Partnership for Life, or WPFL, hospital campaign was sponsored … |
ChristianToday |
NHS hopes to dispel myths around organ donation during Interfaith Week
ChristianToday The NHS is encouraging more people of faith to join the organ donor register by dispelling some myths and misconceptions. It says one of the main barriers to organ donation among black and Asian communities is the belief that it contradicts cultural or … Older people’s organs can still save livesThe Guardian |
Valdosta Daily TimesSGMC promotes organ donationValdosta Daily TimesSGMC was among a select group of hospitals nationwide recognized for promoting enrollment in state organ donor registries in a national campaign, the Workplace Partnership for Life Hos…
WSYM-TV |
5 Families Lives Changed by Organ Donation
WSYM-TV WSYM – Logan Luft was only 15 when he lost his life in an ATV accident in 2017. Logan was an organ donor and through his gift, 5 other families were impacted. Logan’s family had met all but one of the recipients of the organ donation until just … |
Ilkeston Today |
‘Opt out’ organ donation policy is the right move, says MP
Ilkeston Today I was delighted to be present in the House of Commons in my role as parliamentary private secretary to the department for health and social care to witness the final stages of the Organ Donation Bill. The new law, which is expected to come into effect … Global healthcare leaders share knowledge on organ donationGulf Times HMC hosts international meeting on organ donation and transplantationThe Peninsula Qatar Organ transplants losing steam in Kerala. Is social media to blame?Onmanorama |
CNN |
Her kidney donation now could save her granddaughter’s life later
CNN For those in need of a kidney transplant, the wait is long. Of the nearly 100,000 people waiting for a kidney last year, only about 20% were able to find a match, according to the United Network of Organ Sharing. Finding that match took an average of … |
Hill Times |
Bill that could expand pool of organ donors receives all-party support, but risks failing to pass before election
Hill Times A Conservative private member’s bill that would offer Canadians another way to sign up to become organ donors has received the support of all federal parties, although its sponsor is worried that it may not become law before Parliament is dissolved … |
CBS Philly |
Opioid Epidemic Connected To Increase In Organ Donations In Philly, US
CBS Philly The surge of overdose deaths is also creating a glimmer of hope – leading to an increasing number of organ donors, according to local and national data obtained by Eyewitness News. For families of loved ones who became victims of drug overdosing, organ … |
The Guardian |
Are oldies’ organs still worth donating?
The Guardian Re your editorial on organ donation (3 November), at what point have all your bits become well past their sell-by date? I am 83 and while I still function, after a fashion, I can’t think I have anything left still in good enough condition to be worth … |