The Independent |
India launches organ donation awareness drive to check black market trade
The Independent MUMBAI, Jan 10 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Doctors in India will now get text alerts reminding them to ask families to donate organs of their deceased loved ones as part of a nationwide campaign to solve the country’s organ shortage that has fuelled … |
Runcorn and Widnes World |
Musician joins unique pop band to promote organ donation
Runcorn and Widnes World A WIDNES musician who is only alive through the kindness of stranger has joined a unique pop band made up of transplant recipients. Halton Council press officer Mark Allen received a double lung transplant in 2005 and is a European table tennis … Organ transplants increased almost 20 percent since 2012NephrologyNews.com Doctors hail China’s pledge to stop harvesting inmate organsKamsack Times How Spain became the dominant global player in organ transplantsLifeZette MedPage Today all 7 news articles » |
TLV1 RadioA different kind of Tzedakah: Organ donation in Jewish lawTLV1 RadioZev Farber, a rabbi and Hebrew Bible scholar, discusses his latest book Halakhic Realities: Collected Essays on Brain Death and the forthcoming sequel Halakhic Realities: Col…
Record 501 Lives Saved Thanks to Central and South Texas Organ DonorsPR Newswire (press release)SAN ANTONIO, Jan. 12, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Texas Organ Sharing Alliance (TOSA), the organ procurement organization that provides organ donation a…
SILive.comShould everyone be an organ donor by default?SILive.comEvery French citizen will be an organ donor unless they opt-out under a new French law. Some activists say implementing an opt-out organ donation program would end the organ shortage in t…
Glasgow Evening TimesCar firm workers in Glasgow strip off to drive home organ donation messageGlasgow Evening TimesCOLLEAGUES of a man who is on the critical list for a heart transplant have stripped off to drive home the message that Scotland needs m…
Economic Times |
IMA launches campaign, to send text alerts to its members for organ donation
Economic Times NEW DELHI: The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has launched a country wide campaign “Puchna Mat Bhulo” as a part of which it will urge doctors to request relatives or legal heirs, in case of routine death, for donation of eyes and organs (in case of … IMA launches Poochna Mat Bhoolo-organ donation awareness drive to check black market tradeMedical Dialogues India launches organ donation awareness drive to check black …Himalayan Times |
Mirror.co.ukTiny baby with rare disease given hope as he receives new liver just days after first transplant failedMirror.co.ukA tiny baby fighting for his life with liver failure has been given new hope after an organ transplant. Six-month-old Connor …
WisContext |
Agoura couple champions organ donations
Agoura Hills Acorn SAVING LIVES—Top left, Pam Endo of Agoura Hills decorates the Donate Life float for the 2017 Rose Parade in Pasadena. Above, the completed float honors the generosity of organ donors. Pam and Bruce Endo of Agoura Hills are longtime supporters of the … Organ Transplants In Wisconsin Reached A Record High In 2016WisContext India needs more doctors trained on heart transplant surgery after EIGHT potentially life-saving hearts are wastedDaily Mail Organ Transplants, Deceased Donors Set Record in 2016Newswise (press release) |
Lifesite |
Nova Scotia premier pushes for organ donation to be the norm at death
Lifesite HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (LifeSiteNews) – Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil wants citizens in the province to consider making organ “donation” automatic at death unless the potential donor has opted out beforehand in a change that some see as a threat to … |