Idaho Statesman |
More organ and tissue donors are needed
Idaho Statesman When we heard that France made organ donation the default for everyone — you have to opt out, not in — we thought we’d examine what’s going on in this country and if that could be a good idea here. The good news is that for the fourth year in a row, … |
WOWT |
Push for organ donation from family of man who ‘ran out of time’
WOWT John Davies’ daughter wanted to encourage more people to register to be organ donors and to not believe a myth she heard repeatedly from reluctant donors in the last year: that doctor’s won’t fight as hard to save a patient if they’re an organ donor. |
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‘No restrictions on blood, organ donation between Muslims and non-Muslims’
Malaysiakini (subscription) There are no restrictions for organ donation and transplantation between a Muslim and a non-Muslim, said Federal Territories mufti Zulkifli Mohamad al-Bakri. He said this was because human organs were not Islamic or non-Islamic in nature but tools to … |
Merinews |
Cycle rally to create awareness on organ donation organised in Punjab
Merinews To create awareness on “Organ Donation“, Paddlers Club, Ferozepur along with Gift of Life Organ Donation Awareness Society (GLODAS) and Indian Medical Association, Punjab organized a cycle rally in Punjab at Ferozepur just 11 km from the Indo-Pak … |
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Muslim/non-Muslim organ donation not an issue: Health Ministry
New Straits Times Online “This means, of course, that there is the possibility that organs donated by non-Muslims have been given to Muslims and vice-versa, which is similar in the case of blood donation and transfusion,” Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah … |
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Organ donation group to honor 3 Somerset students, teacher
TribDem.com Three Somerset Area School District students and a teacher are scheduled to be recognized by Gov. Tom Wolf’s Organ Donation Advisory Committee at Monday’s school board meeting for their efforts to educate students about organ donation. Eighth-grader … |
WOWT |
Nebraska Medicine honors organ donations
WOWT It is a donation that turned Reisdorff and his donor, Dan Masters, into lifelong friends. “[I] talked to my wife about getting tested to see about being a donor,” Masters said. After several of Reisdorff’s family members were not matches, Masters was a … Living organ donors event celebrates the gift of lifeLincoln Journal Star |
NDTV |
10 Myths About Organ Donation
NDTV Organ donation is when a person allows healthy transplantable organs and tissues to be removed, either after death or when alive, and transplanted into another person. … Myth: If the ICU doctors know I’m an organ donor, they won’t work hard to save me. Getting to the heart of Switzerland’s organ donor problemswissinfo.ch What you need to know: Organ donor Q & ABloomington Pantagraph Compulsory organ ‘donation‘ is thin end of a very tricky wedgeScotsman Renal and Urology News all 5 news articles » |
swissinfo.ch |
Getting to the heart of Switzerland’s organ donor problem
swissinfo.ch Switzerland’s ‘opt-in’ policy makes it hard for doctors to obtain patient consent, but ethicists object to the alternative – currently the norm in Europe – of assuming everyone’s a potential organ donor. Can ethical arguments be reconciled with the … |
Brownsville Herald |
Bike tour, pub crawl aids organ donation
Brownsville Herald But this time she was riding alone, remembering him and at the same time helping to educate people about becoming a life-saving organ donor as a registered donor. Plamondon, also the ambassador for the state of Maine for donors, organized Wednesday’s … |