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Experts discuss need to raise public awareness on organ
Business Standard “In India, we are short of organs, there are precious organs which we are losing, like in road accidents. Those organs need to be harvested and donated. The whole purpose of the conference is that awareness among the public towards organ donation … Slovenia a world leader in organ transplantsSTA – Slovenska Tiskovna Agencija (subscription) |
Courier Mail |
Grieving family gives the gift of life
Courier Mail The tragic death of footballer James Ackerman, has been turned into a mission to help save other lives through organ donation by his grieving family. “James helped more than 70 people … his heart tissue and valves even helped six babies, which is such … |
Digital JournalGrowing bio-lungs for organ donationDigital JournalThe idea of developing artificial lungs for organ donation remains a goal for the medical establishment, given that a high proportion of people die due to the scarcity of available lungs…
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Bill sparks ongoing organ–donation battle
Reading Eagle The bill would allow coroners and medical examiners, or their representatives, to deny an organ donation if they’re present when an organ procurement organization attempts to remove the organ, or if they can be present through electronic means such as … |
Big Think (blog) |
It Might Be Time to Relax Our Standards for Organ Donation. Here’s Why.
Big Think (blog) 131,000 people in the United States are waiting for an organ donation right now, according to the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN). Many of them have to wait at least 3 years for a transplant. 22 of them die waiting. Every. Single. Day. New York lags behind nation on organ donationTimes Herald-Record Pa. coroners are blocking organ donations, transplant advocates say; coroners claim ‘defamation’PennLive.com Heart transplant teen urges organ donor signupThe Journal News | LoHud.com Rochester Democrat and Chronicle –Exmouth Journal all 24 news articles » |
WAER |
Changes in NY Policy Could Help Lift State’s Organ Donation Rate from Second Lowest in Country
WAER Difficulty enrolling as an organ donor might be keeping many in Central New York and across the State from making that lifesaving decision. New York’s 26 percent registration rate is second lowest in the country. Nancy Ryan of the Finger Lakes Donor … |
RT |
‘Automatic’ organ donation considered in Denmark
RT The measure would mean that everyone over 18 would be registered as organ donors under the rule of ‘presumed consent,’ and would have to opt out manually if they didn’t wish to be on the list. The proposed bill aims to address a glaring disparity … |
Care2.com |
Kenyan Girls Develop Organ Donation App
Care2.com In Kenya, there’s no formalized organ donation system, which means that when patients need organs, they’re dependent on family members — or a labyrinthine black market. The lack of guidance on posthumous organ donation makes matters even more … |
The Journal News | LoHud.com |
Heart transplant teen urges organ donor signup
The Journal News | LoHud.com In recent years, the Stony Point teen has become an advocate for organ donation, sharing her story as a way to raise awareness about the need for donors and visiting Albany to lobby for the requirement on the driver’s license. Shields, along with a … Despite new donation program, organ supply unable to meet demand in Omangulfnews.com |
WRGB |
New York lags nation on organ donation
WRGB According to numbers released Thursday by Attorney General Eric Schneiderman (SHNEYE’-dur-muhn), 26 percent of New Yorkers are signed up on the organ donor registry, compared to about 50 percent nationally. Schneiderman said 10,000 New Yorkers … Register to be an organ donorRochester Democrat and Chronicle Organ donation: Protecting the living & the dead (column)York Daily Record/Sunday News Surging overdose deaths fuel organ donationsBecker’s Hospital Review www.behavioral.net –Times of Malta all 13 news articles » |