Huffington Post Canada |
The Opioid Epidemic Could Be Creating More Organ Donations
Huffington Post Canada OTTAWA — Amid the growing death toll of Canada’s ongoing opioid epidemic, there’s evidence of a correlating increase in the number of healthy human organs available for transplant. The agency that manages organ donations and transplants in British … |
CTV News |
Opioid epidemic could be factor in growing number of organ donations: experts
CTV News OTTAWA — Amid the growing death toll of Canada’s ongoing opioid epidemic, there’s evidence of a correlating increase in the number of healthy human organs available for transplant. The agency that manages organ donations and transplants in British … Five UAE hospitals gear up for operations after change in organ donation lawThe National |
Nebraska Organ Recovery encourages students to become organ donorsThe GatewayFifty Nebraskans will die each year because they will not receive an organ or tissue transplant, according to the Nebraska Organ Recovery, or NOR. That means one Nebraskan die…
Times NowOrgan donors in Karnataka will soon need to provide Aadhaar detailsTimes NowBengaluru: In Karnataka, organ donors will soon need to give the details of their Aadhaar card as they pledge their organs, as the state is attempting to …Soon,…
Indianapolis Star |
Decide. Donate. Don’t leave your family guessing
Indianapolis Star When Frank Edwards died in 2012 in a drowning accident, he and his wife, Tina, had never discussed organ donation. Many families don’t talk about the subject, said Kellie Hanner, president and CEO of the Indiana Donor Network, because most people just … |
South China Morning Post |
Organ donors to get special recognition at Hong Kong cemetery
South China Morning Post In a city that had seen a worrying downward trend in organ donations, society would need more such measures to educate and raise people’s awareness of the issue, Hong Kong Kidney Foundation chairman Dr Lui Siu-fai said at a ceremony on Saturday. |
Times of IndiaIn Karnataka, organ donors will have to give Aadhaar informationTimes of IndiaCurrently, doctors find it hard to discuss organ donation with the bereaved family. The government is hoping that they can speed up the process of convincing th…
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Organ donation debate continues
BioEdge Organ donation has for decades been understood to be ethical only after brain death has occurred. Yet, as an article in The Atlantic earlier this week highlighted, there is some support for changing the criteria to or “organ donation after circulatory … |
The Atlantic |
The Disputed Death of an 8-Year-Old Whose Organs Were Donated
The Atlantic This unusual case casts light on a once-controversial but increasingly common protocol called “organ donation after circulatory death,” which occurs after the heart has stopped. (Also sometimes called “donation after cardiac death,” or DCD.) In … |
Herald SunOrgan transplant at Austin Health gives cystic fibrosis patient …Herald SunSTEPHANIE Dundas body was so full of other peoples DNA that even her doctors had secretly given up hope of finding a match for the five new organs needed …and…