Metro |
Selfless mum risks her life with double organ donation for her son
Metro Sarah donated a lobe of her liver to Joe in January 2017, and underwent the kidney transplant just seven months later, in August 2017. Speaking before the second transplant, she said: ‘The next surgery shouldn’t be as big an ordeal for either of us as … |
QPR official website |
QPR encouraging fans to talk about organ donation
QPR official website QPR are proud to have once again partnered up with NHS Blood and Transplant to make QPR fans aware that ‘Words Save Lives’. This January QPR are part of a London campaign to encourage people to talk about organ donation, to increase the number of lives … Lifeline CEO speaks of organ donationPike County News Watchman These installations made from human ashes impart a hard-hitting message for all of usThe News Minute |
Irish Times |
Organ donor assistance scheme ‘discriminatory’, says O’Reilly
Irish Times The Department of Health’s scheme to assist living organ donors with their expenses discriminates against donors who are not in formal employment, it has been claimed. Sinn Féin health spokeswoman Louise O’Reilly said the numbers were small but a group … |
The Independent |
Selfless mother donates two organs to save her son’s life
The Independent A devoted mother has risked her own life to undergo a double organ donation for her four-year-old son. Sarah Lamont, from Ballymena, Northern Ireland, recently donated one of her kidneys to her little boy, Joe, and just months later surgeons also … |
NJ.comFamilies of slain organ donor, recipient meet and become one | NJ …NJ.comLosing a loved one, especially in an act of violence, is often coupled with an unimaginable amount of grief, for which survivors look for a way to heal, and allow the pers…
Philly.com5 questions: Everything you need to know about organ donationPhilly.comWe recently spoke with Howard M. Nathan, CEO of the Gift of Life Donor Program, the federally designated nonprofit organ and tissue transplant network for eastern Pa., S.J…
swissinfo.ch |
Organ donation: direct democracy and the law – SWI swissinfo.ch
swissinfo.ch Could the model of presumed consent put an end to the lack of organ donations in Switzerland? Following the launch of a popular initiative, opinions are deeply divided. (Keystone). Every adult who dies should automatically become an organ donor: that’s … |
Philadelphia Business Journal |
Transplant Mecca: Philadelphia leads the US in organ donations, surgeries
Philadelphia Business Journal Lankenau, he said, has also invested in the hiring of a “living donor coordinator” to work with families pursing organ donations from living donors. During the past two years, Lankenau has done 20 living-donor kidney transplant surgeries after doing … |
Lovin Malta (press release) |
60 Maltese Students Volunteer To Donate Organs Ahead Of Awareness Talks
Lovin Malta (press release) As part of an incentive to raise awareness on organ donation, 60 MCAST students have signed up to donate their organs. This comes on the eve of a talk being organised by the Kunsill Student MCAST (KSM) on organ donation. Tomorrow’s talk will be held at … |
Valley News Live |
ND man shares story of granddaughter’s death to express importance of organ donation
Valley News Live ABERCROMBIE, N.D. (Valley News Live) Last year there were record breaking numbers of organ donors across the country. Nationally, it’s being contributed to the rise in opioid overdoses. 2017 was another record year. According to the United Network for … |