News 12 Long IslandNew push made to shorten organ donation wait listsNews 12 Long IslandWOODBURY – A new push is being made to help thousands of patients on waiting lists for organ donations. The White House, medical centers and social media sites are …
Daily Mail |
Doctors to lobby for ‘opt-out’ organ donation system to boost transplants
Daily Mail Dr John Chisholm, chair of the BMA’s medical ethics committee, said: “Organ transplantation is an area that has seen amazing medical achievements but has not yet reached its full life-saving and life-transforming potential, so I’m pleased to see this … Doctors’ leaders call for opt-out system for organ donationWakefield Express |
The Guardian |
BMA to push for ‘opt-out’ organ donation system
Telegraph.co.uk The British Medical Association is to lobby Government in favour of an “opt-out” system of organ donation. Doctors today voted in favour of such steps, after a shift to presumed consent in Wales doubled the number of organs for transplants. The BMA … Doctors to lobby for opt-out organ donor systemThe Guardian Introduce organ donation “opt out”, BMA will tell ministersiNews Give us UK wide opt-out system for organ donation, say doctors’ leadersOnMedica |
Jakarta PostPIL to encourage organ donation programme in GRHThe HinduThe Madras High Court Bench here on Tuesday ordered notice to Health Secretary and Dean of Government Rajaji Hospital here on a public interest litigation (PIL) petition seeking effec…
Hampton County Guardian |
Organ Donation Saves Lives; HRMC to host Health Fair
Hampton County Guardian One such booth, the Donate Life booth, will be manned by Karen Gosnell, an IT specialist and former trauma nurse with HRMC. Gosnell will speak to interested individuals regarding the impact and importance of organ donation. Her husband Jerry Gosnell’s … |
Ottawa CitizenOstroff: Why would Liberals reject this organ-donation bill?Ottawa CitizenThe Liberal rationale for voting against C-223 was that the not-for-profit Canadian Blood Services already oversees organ donation as part of its mandate. Since 200…
Catch NewsKeralas dangerous new fad: an obsession with organ donationCatch NewsOn Sunday, 29 May, a bishop from Pala in Kottayam district, Kerala, made the front pages of national dailies. In a country that sees headlines of pettiness and revenge every…
Daily News & Analysis |
City gears up for 6th cadaver organ donation
Times of India This will be the record sixth cadaver organ donation this year. Marathwada, known as the backward region in Maharashtra, continued to be at the top of organ donations with at least 22 patients getting a new lease of life so far. Despite the region … Another heart donation from AurangabadThe Hindu Lucky patient gets donor heart within 10 days of registrationDaily News & Analysis Brain dead man’s heart gives 38-year-old Mumbai resident a new lease of lifeTheHealthSite |
Mirror.co.uk |
Doctors back Daily Mirror campaign calling for opt-out organ donation across UK
Mirror.co.uk The system – meaning all adults are deemed to consent unless they say otherwise – was launched in Wales last December in a bid to drive up the number of donors . Surgeons, consultants and GPs from across the UK will this week demand that England, … Is the Government doing enough to boost organ–donation rates?Stuff.co.nz Lives saved after change in Wales’ organ donation lawCaerphilly Observer Over 8600 patients waiting for organ or tissue donationFocus Taiwan News Channel |
Toronto Star |
Mourning families increasingly blocking organ donations of loved ones
Toronto Star “If you have someone willing to donate and their family overrides it, there are consequences where people on waiting lists may die as a result,” said Jennifer Chandler, the University of Ottawa’s Bertram Loeb Chair in Organ and Tissue Donation. “At the … Organ donation offers second chance at lifeThe Albany Herald Iowa native uses race car to support organ donationRadio Iowa Organ donations rise after ‘opt-out’ scheme trialledNW Evening Mail Vernon Morning Star all 8 news articles » |