PA home pageDoctors see rise in organ donations due to opioid epidemic – WBREPA home pageDANVILLE, COLUMBIA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) – Surgeons at Geisinger Medical Center did 13 transplants last month, eight in six days. Both are hospital records. That abil…
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VIDEO: Stainburn man urges people to back presumed consent for …
Times & Star A double transplant survivor has issued an emotional plea for people to save lives by having their say on presumed consent for organ donation. Paul Caine, 55, of Brierydale Lane, Stainburn, knows all about the desperate situation people needing … |
Historic number of lives saved in 2017 thanks to organ donationDanville AdvocateLast year was a groundbreaking year in national and local efforts to save lives through organ donation. In the Kentucky region, 2017 marked the second highest number of liv…
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Organ donors make a difference in many lives
Grandblancview Editor’s note: This is the fourth in a five-part series where I will recount 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 … |
Historic number of lives saved in 2017 thanks to organ donationThe News-Democrat/Trimble BannerHistoric number of lives saved in 2017 thanks to organ donation. -A A +A. Bookmark and Share. Thursday, February 1, 2018 at 12:00 am (Updated: February 1, 12…
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Organ Donation Advocates Take to the Capitol
WJTV JACKSON, Miss (WJTV) – The scene at the state capitol gave the term ‘stormtrooper’ a whole new meaning! The Mississippi Highway Patrol joined forces with organ donation to help save lives in the future. Donate Life Mississippi shared personal stories … |
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Citizens’ Services minister makes Valley stop on organ donation tour
My Comox Valley Now COURTENAY, B.C- The province’s minister for Citizens’ Services paid a visit to the Comox Valley on Tuesday. Jinny Sims, who also serves as the MLA for Surrey-Panorama, had been heading up Vancouver Island from Nanaimo this week, after an announcement … |
Times of IndiaLabourer dies, but saves five livesTimes of IndiaBENGALURU: Doddanna (name changed), a 45-year-old daily wage labourer in Ramanagara market, became a saviour to at least five persons who received his organs. He was carrying goods in an au…
The Peninsula QatarNCCCR stem cell donor team attends Organ Donor Academy ConferenceThe Peninsula QatarDOHA: Staff from the stem cell donor team at the National Center for Cancer Care and Research (NCCCR) recently had the opportunity to highlight the s…
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Organ donations on the rise as opioid crisis rages on
WXIX “Ohio is one of the most affected states in the country,” said Dr. David Klassen, the Chief Medical Officer at UNOS. He said Ohio and West Virginia may be the epicenters of the opioid epidemic, with more people dying from drug overdoses this past year … |