ITV News |
Point of View: Why I oppose the change to opt-out organ donation system despite needing a kidney
ITV News Point of View is an ITV News series where we invite people to share their opinion on stories and issues that matter to them. Rosy Edwards is one of thousands in the UK who rely on other people’s organs to stay alive. But she says the planned change … |
Mackay Daily Mercury |
Loved adventurer’s legacy lives on with organ donation
Mackay Daily Mercury EVEN after his death following a tragic abseiling accident, a beloved adventurer from Erakala is helping others. Jake Gibbons, 31, had his organs – including his heart – donated to five people after he fell and was critically injured while abseiling … |
Allentown Morning Call |
St. Luke’s earns Top Honors for Organ Donation and other company news
Allentown Morning Call St. Luke’s earns top honors for organ donation. St. Luke’s University Health Network has been recognized for its significant commitment to raising awareness of the need for organ donations by the Hospital & Health System Association of Pennsylvania. |
WJXT News4JAX |
Man sees vision of organ donor during lung transplant
WJXT News4JAX JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Richard Bremer knew in his two and a half years on the lung transplant list that his life would be saved by another family’s loss. But he never imagined he’d have a chance to renew that family’s faith. |
Times of India |
Kolkata witnesses sixth organ donation this year, second in three days
Times of India When doctors found no brain stem reflexes in the patient, the hospital started counselling his family for organ donation. “I have been reading and hearing about organ donations in newspapers and on TV. So when doctors told me if I wanted to donate his … |
FOX 29 News Philadelphia |
Hospital staff lines up to show respect to organ donor
FOX 29 News Philadelphia Meridian, ID (WTXF) – Staff at St. Luke’s Meridian in Idaho stopped to line the halls of the ICU to show respect for a patient who was about to provide a lifesaving gift of organ donation. The touching moment happened on September 27. Hospital staff … Hospital staff line hallways in ‘Walk of Respect’ for organ donorWLS-TV Idaho Hospital Staff Pays Tribute to Organ Donor Patient With ‘Walk of Respect’Yahoo News UK |
The HinduDMER committee to probe organ transplant racketThe HinduA day after organ transplant coordinators from State-run JJ Hospital and privately run SL Raheja Fortis Hospital were arrested on graft charges by the Anti Corruption Bureau, the Director…
Focus Taiwan News Channel |
Taipei mayor protests against accusations in organ transplant dispute
Focus Taiwan News Channel Taipei, Oct. 2 (CNA) Facing renewed accusations of his role in controversial organ transplants using organs harvested from dissidents in China, surgeon-turned-Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲), who is seeking re-election, lodged a strong protest through … |
The Tennessean |
Opinion | You can #BeTheGift that saves lives with organ donations
The Tennessean Here’s why: 115,000 Americans are on the organ transplant waiting list; 20 die each day, still waiting. More than 90 percent of Americans believe registering as an organ and tissue donor is the right thing to do, but only 38 percent of eligible … |
KTRK-TV |
Staff line hospital walls in ‘Walk of Respect’ for organ donor
KTRK-TV Medical staff stopped what they were doing to line the walls of a hospital in Idaho, joining family and friends in a powerful show of respect for an organ donor. Video of the moment shows dozens of people paying silent tribute to the 53-year-old man in … VIDEO: Hospital pauses for organ donor’s “Walk of Respect”KAIT |