Organ Donation After Circulatory DeathJAMA: The Journal of the American Medical AssociationTo the Editor Faced with the challenge of increasing the US organ donor pool to meet increasing demand, Dr Wall and colleagues proposed the following 2-step proc…
Mirror.co.uk |
Dying mum waiting for lung transplant ‘has weeks to live’ as friends keep …
Mirror.co.uk According to NHS statistics, three people die in the UK each day waiting for an organ donor and this year saw the first drop in registers tot he organ donation list for 11 years. Figures also show only 58 per cent of families consent to a loved-one’s … Surge in immigrant driver’s licenses may have spurred more organ donorsSacramento Bee |
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Thousands inspired to sign up to organ donor register thanks to one little boy …
Mirror.co.uk Thousands of people have been inspired to sign up as organ donors after a brave little boy’s life was saved thanks to liver surgery. Evan Goodbrand had the life-saving liver surgery when he was just nine months old. The now 10-year-old was only able to … |
The IndependentOrgan transplants: Could advances in cross-species donors and lab-grown body …The IndependentA transplant was her last chance of life. For her family, that was worrying enough. But for others in their position it is worse. The outlook …
CBC.ca |
NL organ donor policy ‘less than ideal’ says national group
CBC.ca The Canadian Transplant Association says the Newfoundland and Labrador government should take another look at its organ donor policy. “Anything that prevents organ donation is not OK with me,” the association’s national president, Dr. Aubrey Goldstein, … Organ donation review gets public thinkingTimaru Herald Organ donor Kim honoured at special awards ceremonyGazette Hornchurch woman honoured posthumously for organ donationYellow Advertiser This is The West Country –Evening Standard all 27 news articles » |
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LETTER: Club’s donation honors eye, tissue and organ donors
Grand Forks Herald The wall is the first in North Dakota, and honors those who have passed away at Altru and were eye, tissue and organ donors. The Lions’ Clubs support eye donation, and about 90 percent of those on this wall have been eye donors. The Emerado-Arvilla … |
CBC.caOrgan donor advocates climb Mont-Saint-Anne to raise awarenessCBC.caOne hundred people climbed Mont-Saint-Anne, near Quebec City on Saturday, to raise awareness about organ donation and encourage families to talk about it. They included doctors, …
Timaru Heraldreview gets public thinkingTimaru HeraldOrgan Donation New Zealand donor co-ordinator Janice Langlands said the review and members bill were both positive step but the reality was that for organs to be used, the person donating had to stil…
Timaru HeraldOrgan donation review gets public thinkingTimaru HeraldOrgan Donation New Zealand donor co-ordinator Janice Langlands said the review and members bill were both positive step but the reality was that for organs to be used, the person donat…
Las Vegas Review-Journal |
Organ donations: Saving another person’s life
Las Vegas Review-Journal Transplant patients face medical challenges and ongoing financial burdens that multiply exponentially when a donor organ becomes available. But don’t buy into a common misconception that potential recipients are just waiting for someone to die. Wearing … |