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06Jul/17

To solve organ shortage, states consider ‘opt-out’ organ donation laws – STAT

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STAT

To solve organ shortage, states consider ‘opt-out’ organ donation laws
STAT
It’s called opt-out organ donation or “presumed consent” and it means that basically every resident is an organ donor unless they remove themselves from that list. Some version of opt-out organ donation already exists in 25 European countries including …
Being an organ donor is your choice, not the state’s to dictateIndependent Online

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06Jul/17

Clifton couple celebrates organ donor’s life at recent wedding – The Herald Journal

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The Herald Journal

Clifton couple celebrates organ donor’s life at recent wedding
The Herald Journal
Troy Westover, second right, poses with family members and Kellye Pummill, third right, at the recent wedding of his daughter. An organ donation from Pummill’s daughter saved Westover’s life in 2014. From left: Bride and groom Trevor and Kiasa; Kellye …
05Jul/17

Three Melbourne families form tight bond during children’s wait for liver transplant – Herald Sun

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Three Melbourne families form tight bond during children’s wait for liver transplant
Herald Sun
Each underwent surgery within weeks of being born to connect the small intestine to the liver but it failed to prevent their need for an organ transplant if they were to reach their first birthday. All three had “tears and skin that glowed yellow”, a …
04Jul/17

“Please save my life Prime Minister”: Heart transplant boy Max Johnson in plea to change donor law – Mirror.co.uk

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Mirror.co.uk

“Please save my life Prime Minister”: Heart transplant boy Max Johnson in plea to change donor law
Mirror.co.uk
The Mirror is calling on the Government to change the law on organ donation so that people are automatically potential organ donors unless they opt out, to save thousands of extra lives. And Max, who has been following our coverage since we highlighted …
Heart transplant schoolboy Max Johnson, 9, pleads with Theresa May to change donor laws as he faces race against …The Sun

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04Jul/17

Manitoba man on his 3rd heart has lots of love for organ donors – CBC.ca

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Manitoba man on his 3rd heart has lots of love for organ donors
CBC.ca
A Manitoba man whose life was saved — twice — by heart transplants is taking his message about organ donation on the road. Two-time heart recipient Dean Omeniuk has put the organ transplant ribbon and the image of a heart rate on the side of a …