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Nebraska woman on life support to allow organ donation
Lexington Herald Leader A Nebraska woman who was critically injured after a deer crashed through her car’s windshield remains on life support to allow for the donation of her organs. Sara Steiner, 35, was taken to Creighton University Medical Center-Bergan Mercy after the … |
Pendle TodayFamilies mark Organ Donation WeekPendle TodayFamilies of organ donors and recipients gathered at Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital for the grand reveal of an organ donation plaque which was specially designed by the pupils of Witton Park Ac…
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Doctors explore lifting barriers to living organ donation and increasing transplants
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Of 8,082 transplants last year, just 367 were from living donors, according to the United Network for Organ Sharing, or UNOS, which oversees the nation’s transplant system. Living kidney donations are more common but still not enough to meet the need. Doctors explore lifting barriers to living organ donationCBS News |
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Death of Trinity’s Davey Albright provides life through organ donation
WAVE 3 LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) – Through organ donation, there’s now a glimmer of light coming from the death of Trinity High School student Davey Albright. The 15-year-old died from his injuries after he was swept through a drain pipe during flash flooding in … |
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Vanderbilt Warns Of Scam Involving Organ Donations
NewsChannel5.com “No authorized transplant program in the U.S. would do this. Not only is this practice illegal, creating confusion around the life-saving gift of organ donation could result in someone not receiving a desperately needed organ,” a release issued Monday … Vanderbilt warns of phishing scam involving organ donationsNews 5 Cleveland |
WSMV NashvilleVanderbilt officials issue warning about organ donation scamWSMV NashvilleVanderbilt officials issue warning about organ donation scam. Officials have received several reports about scammers posing as VUMC representatives offering cash pa…
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Belvedere dad calls for more BAME people on organ donation register
News Shopper He is still in touch with his donor’s mother, who came to his wedding in 2013. Mr Akinola said the donor is “always in the back of my mind.” Now he is urging people from black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds to join the organ donation register … |
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Doctors explore lifting barriers to living organ donation – CBS News
CBS News People who receive a kidney or part of a liver transplant from a living donor cut years off their time on the wait list and those organs tend to survive longer. Doctors explore lifting barriers to living organ donation and increasing transplantsPittsburgh Post-Gazette |
CBS NewsDoctors explore lifting barriers to living organ donationCBS NewsPeople lucky enough to receive a kidney or part of a liver from a living donor not only cut years off their wait for a transplant, but those organs also tend to survive longer. Ye…
EchoEleanor McGrath, of Southend, saves the lives of four people through organ donationEchoGreat Ormond Street Hospital unveiled three specially commissioned artworks honouring young organ donors, including Eleanor, last week after she was treated at t…