GP receives organ donation award posthumouslyPulseA GP from Stockport has received the Order of St John posthumously for continuing to save lives after as an organ donor. Dr Jonathan Owen, known as Jo, suffered a heart attack in November 2015 aged 56. …
Patch.com |
Essex County Infant Saves 3 Lives: N.J. Organ Donation
Patch.com That’s part of the touching legacy that the infant Essex County resident is leaving behind, and which will be commemorated on the Donate Life float during the Rose Parade in Pasadena, CA, on Jan. 2. According to her family, Zoë was only 13-months-old … |
WLWT Cincinnati |
LifeCenter community breakfast celebrates organ donation
WLWT Cincinnati WEBVTT MORNING, ONCE AGAIN. REPORTER: GOOD MORNING. WE’RE KEEPING YOU ON YOUR TOES; RIGHT? WE’RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS. ORGAN AND TISSUE IS SUPER IMPORTANT. JOINING ME NOW, THANK YOU SO MUCH. TELL US A … |
Huffington Post Canada |
Organ Donor Doc ‘Vital Bonds’ Will Wrench Your Heart And Change Your Mind
Huffington Post Canada Narrated by David Suzuki and directed by Niobe Thompson, the film brings us into the organ transplant unit of one of Canada’s busiest transplant hospitals: The University of Alberta. Filmed over five months, the documentary provides an unprecedented … |
Huffington Post Canada |
Organ Donor Doc ‘Vital Bonds’ Will Wrench Your Heart And Change …
Huffington Post Canada Organ donation in Canada is in a state of crisis. Only 25 per cent of Canadians have registered to donate our organs, even though 90 per cent support the idea. |
WCNC.comFamed NFL coach urges organ donationWCNC.comSam Wyche has always been known for football. He played at Furman, then in the NFL, then went on to coach the Bengals and several other NFL teams in his career. But this past September, he earned his …
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John Doyle: What does it mean to give the gift of life?
The Globe and Mail A doctor asks for consent of his friends to take Daniel’s organs for donation. And Daniel’s organs are duly donated to other patients. In allegorical terms, the act of donation is roughly equated with the Resurrection of Jesus. In broader terms, the … |
Edmonton Examiner |
New documentary Vital Bonds highlights the emotional toll and scientific breakthroughs of organ donation
Edmonton Examiner For many people, choosing to be an organ donor is merely a kind gesture made by filling in a check box on the back of their health-care card. It’s one that can even go forgotten over time. However, that gesture can have dramatic ramifications for the … |
CBS News |
A family’s loss to opioid addiction becomes a gift to others
CBS News The heroin epidemic has brought tragedy to thousands of families, but some have found comfort in a trend quietly picking up momentum. The Grugan family of Pennsylvania is among those who’ve donated the organs of a loved one who died from a drug … |
CBS News |
After losing son to heroin addiction, family’s organ donation …
CBS News After 33-year-old died of a heroin overdose in the living room, his parents and sisters gave his organs to patients in need. |