The HinduMrithasanjeevani to get a fresh lease of lifeThe HinduThe reluctance of neurologists and neurosurgeons to report and certify brain death in ICUs has been a major hurdle in the way of deceased donor organ donation in Kerala, after the governmen…
Times of India |
Over 10000 people participate in Trichy Marathon to create awareness about organ donation
Times of India CII Trichy zone chairman A S Ananthakrishnan said India has only 0.08 organ donors per million populations (PMP). “This is an incredibly small and insignificant number compared to the statistics around the world and taking into consideration that India … |
NBCNews.com |
Four in UK develop cancer after organ transplant. Is there cause for worry?
NBCNews.com It’s not uncommon for infectious diseases to pass from donors to recipients during organ transplantation, but in an extraordinarily rare case, four Britons developed breast cancer years after they received organs from the same donor, despite extensive … |
Agriland |
Farmers get behind organ donor awareness campaign
Agriland His trusted tractor and wagon brought him around the 32 counties of Ireland over five weeks during the summer to raise awareness for organ donation. He was inspired to undertake the expedition, ‘The Ferguson 20/32 Challenge’ to support the Irish Kidney … |
Leinster Leader |
KILDARE OPINION: Newbridge CF campaigner Orla Tinsley’s organ donation miracle
Leinster Leader The documentary on Newbridge woman Orla Tinsley was tough to watch for anyone, but especially anyone who knows her or her family. Orla Tinsley: Warrior appeared on RTÉ last Monday night week . It opens showing her in New York, where she has lived … |
Sentinel-StandardGregory: Happy, tragic outcomes teach us importance of organ donationsSentinel-StandardLast night, I watched a public television program, NOVA, that had me in tears and awe, nearly simultaneously. It was about organ donation, and taste…
WKYT |
Marco Shemwell offers life-saving tissue and organ donations
WKYT Gretchen Starnes of the Kentucky Organ Donor Association said. Starnes said that there are more than 1,000 Kentuckians and around 150,000 U.S. citizens currently waiting on life-saving tissue and organ donation. “When those wonderful donor families … Organ donors honoured during ceremony at Kingston General HospitalThe Kingston Whig-Standard Orange County DMV to Recognize Organ Donor Enrollment Day on October 10thShawangunk Journal |
Global Times |
China commemorates foreign organ donors
Global Times “The great behavior of foreign organ donors reflects the world’s high recognition of China’s organ donation and transplants,” Huang Jiefu, head of the China’s National Human Organ Donation and Transplant Committee, told the Global Times. |
Public sector not doing enough for organ transplant: Maria GomezThe HinduSpain has remained the undisputed leader in organ donation and transplant for the last 25 years or more. Last year, it performed 5,000 deceased donor organ donations. If the Spain…
Deccan ChronicleAgenda to revive organ donationDeccan ChronicleThiruvananthapuram: Close on the heels of the visit of Luc Noel, WHO consultant for organ donation who termed the existing process of declaring a person brain dead quite complicated, expert…