Udupi district declares itself organ donation districtTimes of IndiaUDUPI: The coastal district of Udupi has been declared an organ donation district. As per this ambitious declaration, suitable rules on organ donation will be simplified and necessary …
austin360One child who died in Sheboygan Falls fire donating organs, doctors weigh inFox11online.comA post this morning online indicated that 10-year-old Benjamin Martin who was declared dead yesterday, had five of his organs donated to save others. Ex…
Los Angeles Times |
Writer reflects on travels, tragedy and his tireless advocacy of organ donation
Los Angeles Times Writer Reg Green at his La Cañada Flintridge home on Wednesday, July 31, 2013. Green’s 7-year-old son Nicholas was killed in Italy in 1994. Nicholas’ organs and tissues were donated to seven people, inspiring Green write the book, “The Nicholas Effect.”. |
Belfast Newsletter |
Organ donor opt-out defeat will sadden patients: MLA
Belfast Newsletter The bill sought to create an “opt-out” system for donations – meaning essentially that instead of “opting in” to donate organs, it is assumed that everyone has already automatically given their consent unless you specify otherwise (and your immediate … |
Holyrood.com |
Health and Sport Committee does not support organ donation bill
Holyrood.com “We don’t believe the bill could be satisfactorily amended,” said Public Health Minister Maureen Watt at the time. Instead, she said, the implementation of the scheme in Wales would be monitored to see if it led to a higher rate of available organs for … Organ donation: Holyrood committee rules against opt-out planEdinburgh Evening News Committee ‘not persuaded’ on opt-out system for organ donationsstv.tv Holyrood committee opposes organ opt-out planBBC News |
Daily News & Analysis |
Sri Lanka’s ban on organ transplants to affect Indians
Daily News & Analysis Sri Lanka had recently become the go-to destination for Indians needing organ transplants, owing to the low cost of transplantation and easy connectivity. However, the Sri Lankan government has put a temporary ban on foreigners coming to the country … |
stv.tv |
Committee ‘not persuaded’ on opt-out system for organ donations
stv.tv There is no clear evidence introducing an opt-out system for organ donation would increase the number of donors coming forward, a majority of MSPs on Holyrood’s Health Committee have found. Labour MSP Anne McTaggart had introduced a member’s bill … |
Belfast Live |
Eamonn Holmes signs up an organ donor inspired by Antrim man who gave kidney to a stranger
Belfast Live Eamonn Holmes has signed up to become an organ donor after being inspired by a Co Antrim man who went under the knife to save a stranger. Drew Murray … The bill proposed that everyone would be on the organ donation register unless they opted out. Widower speaks of pride as wife’s organs help save three livesWigan Today Editorial: Organs for sale, beware unintended consequencesQuad-Cities Online Transplant recipients to advise patientsRoyal Gazette OCRegister –Orlando Sentinel all 16 news articles » |
BBC News |
Organ donation bill: Top doctors welcome rejection
BBC News NI’s most senior clinicians involved in organ transplantation and donation have welcomed the rejection of an assembly bill to introduce an opt out system for Northern Ireland. The private members’ bill proposed that everyone would be on the organ … DUP and Sinn Fein have ganged up to kill my organ donor Bill: Jo-Anne DobsonBelfast Telegraph Health Committee rejects ‘soft opt-out’ transplantsU.TV |
WalesOnline |
Assembly led the way on organ donation but debate must mature, Alun Cairns will say
WalesOnline The National Assembly “led the way” when it came to introducing the presumed consent system of organ donation and the charge on carrier bags but the nation now needs a more “mature” debate about devolution, Wales Office minister Alun Cairns will say … |