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21Nov/15

Sunday Is DonateLife Thank You Day When The Community Can Show Gratitude To Donors – Huffington Post Australia

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Huffington Post Australia

Sunday Is DonateLife Thank You Day When The Community Can Show Gratitude To Donors
Huffington Post Australia
Nineteen year old Alysha McDowell returned from an overseas holiday, she sat down with her parents and told them she wanted to be an organ donor. “These aren’t the sorts of things a 19 year old usually thinks about but she was a bit mature like that …
20Nov/15

Organ donation campaign launched as 82 people wait for lifesaving transplants … – Lincolnshire Echo

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Lincolnshire Echo

Organ donation campaign launched as 82 people wait for lifesaving transplants …
Lincolnshire Echo
New figures from NHS Blood and Transplant have revealed that 82 people are waiting for an organ transplant in Lincolnshire alone. The service says that 30 of these people have been waiting longer than two years, and nine have been waiting longer than …
Mancunians urged to become organ donors as it is revealed more than 350 …Manchester Evening News
Campaign launched to tackle shortage of donor organsNorthumberland Gazette
What’s it like waiting for an organ transplant?Yorkshire Post
Leicester Mercury
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20Nov/15

Biggest obstacles to gaining organ donors are misconceptions, Hong Kong health … – South China Morning Post (subscription)

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South China Morning Post (subscription)

Biggest obstacles to gaining organ donors are misconceptions, Hong Kong health …
South China Morning Post (subscription)
Traditional beliefs and other misconceptions on organ donation procedures are reasons behind shrinking numbers of people in the city registering to be organ donors, according to a health department study released today. Only around 20,000 people signed …
Organ donation – to opt in or out, it’s your decisionLeaderLive
Organ donation will always be a gift, even under opt-outHerald Scotland
Final countdown to change in organ donation law begins in HaverfordwestTenby Observer
AllAfrica.com –7thSpace Interactive (press release)
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20Nov/15

Boy’s family plea: ‘put name on organ donor register’ – Leicester Mercury

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Leicester Mercury

Boy’s family plea: ‘put name on organ donor register’
Leicester Mercury
The family of a 10-year-old boy who has been waiting nearly eight years for a kidney transplant is backing a new campaign to get more people on the organ donor register. Matthew Pietrzyk, from Glenfield, is one of 138 people waiting to have a transplant.
One in ten on transplant waiting list dies before organ is found despite surge …Telegraph.co.uk
Campaign launched to tackle shortage of donor organsNorthumberland Gazette
Doctor appeals for more organ donors to help cut years-long wait for transplantsBradford Telegraph and Argus
Yahoo News UK
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