NJ.com |
Assembly OKs bill that waives duplicate license fees for organ donors
NJ.com A common-sense bill that would eliminate fees for New Jersey residents requesting an updated driver’s license or identification card to show that they are organ donors was approved unanimously by the state Assembly Monday. The bill, which has already … |
Oneonta Daily StarBassett organ donation work earns honorOneonta Daily StarLast year, the facilitation of organ and tissue donation at Bassett Medical Center helped save at least four lives, according to CDT officials. Last month, the hospital held a d…
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Health Department to open two new heart transplant programs
New York Post New York has among the lowest organ–donation rates in the country, and health officials say the opening of the two new transplant centers should help spur more heart donations. “These programs will expand the availability of high-quality organ … |
Globalnews.ca |
‘I’m not a person who wants to die yet’: GTA man makes appeal to find living liver donor
Globalnews.ca Walsh was diagnosed with Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis in January 2016 and his doctors said he had just months live unless he found an organ donor. “The diagnosis was not good. I was told to get my papers in order and to make preparations,” Walsh said. |
Globalnews.ca |
Edmonton’s Transplant Trot highlights urgent need for organ donors
Globalnews.ca At the end of last year, the province said more than 250,000 Albertans have signed up to become donors in the two years since the government launched the Alberta Organ and Tissue Donation Registry. The rate of donors has climbed from 9.9 deceased … |
Times of India |
Organ donor at 20, inspiring others at 24
Times of India It has been four years since she donated her liver to help her ailing mother. She had never spoken in public about her brave deed until on Saturday when she was invited by Bhopal Organ Donation Society (BDOS), a champion that Bhopal’s teething organ … |
Reading EagleReading Health hopes to raise awareness about organ donationReading EagleThe Reading Health System celebrated its commitment to organ donation during a flag-raising ceremony Wednesday. Hospital employees raised a 2017 Pennsylvania Donate L…
Himalayan TimesOrgan donation can save lives, says Minister ThapaHimalayan TimesHealth Minister Gagan Thapa said every individual should be made aware of the possibility of deceased donor organ transplant as organ donation after death …and more&…
9&10 News |
Organ donor saves one woman’s life with a new heart
WNDU-TV Eventually, the only option is a heart transplant. After full recovery, with help from the organization Lifebanc, Brenda met the family who donated her new heart. She says it has opened her eyes to organ donation. Every ten minutes, a new name is added … Healthy Living: Giant Cell Myocarditis9&10 News |
Sun Focus |
Fish, hunt, save lives: MN first to offer organ donor option on fishing license
Sun Focus Organ donation through the Department of Natural Resources license registration website went live March 1, and already 4,300 people have checked the donor box. It’s only available online, not in stores, and works the same as the organ donation option … |