WEAU |
Other view: Organ donors shouldn’t lose money
Chippewa Herald That’s the most obvious conclusion from the final articles in State Journal medical reporter David Wahlberg’s exhaustive series, “Living on: Improving the odds of organ transplants.” The nine-day series, which ran in May, July and last week, captured … Push for reimbursement of expenses for living organ donorsWEAU |
Moyne GazetteMovie fund-raiser highlights importance of organ donationMoyne GazetteAustralian film Force of Destiny will screen in Port Fairy on Friday, October 2, helping to raise awareness about organ donation. The movie which opened the 2015 Melbour…
Daily Echo |
Hampshire mum backs organ donor campaign after heart transplant saved son’s life
Daily Echo THE MOTHER of a boy who had a heart transplant has backed a Daily Echo campaign getting more people signed onto the organ donor register. Born with a genetic condition which deteriorated his heart, Harvey Spanner had to undergo a heart transplant … |
Glasgow Evening Times |
Majority of Scots back automatic organ donor register
Glasgow Evening Times “While I have applauded the work the Scottish Government has done in increasing the number of people registered on the organ donation register in Scotland in recent years, the truth is that Scotland is now the worst performing part of the UK in terms … |
The MidWeek |
Gift of life: Sycamore man saves six people through organ donation
The MidWeek Even after the crash, Beach’s son was able to perform one last selfless act: as a registered organ and tissue donor, he saved six lives through the donation of his heart, lungs, liver, kidneys and pancreas. One of his corneas was donated to Eversight … |
Herald Sun |
Super-kart driver Jason McIntyre urges people to become organ donors
Herald Sun JASON McIntyre has lived with chronic illness and pain since he was five. But it hasn’t stopped him winning national motor racing titles three years in a row and becoming a strong advocate for organ donation. Now 37, McIntrye’s declining health has … |
KOLO |
Groups Look at Tissue Donation Outside Hospitals
KOLO FERNLEY, NV – If you want to be an organ donor, you can indicate that on your driver’s license. Typically, hospital personnel will notify an organ donor network at the time of your death. What if death occurs outside a hospital? There is no mechanism … |
Hartford Courant |
Enfield Mom Remembers Daughter By Raising Money To Promote Organ Donation
Hartford Courant Joann said she hopes to have people and families affected by organ donation on hand to tell their stories in the hopes of encouraging more people to become organ donors. “We’re trying to get everyone to become an organ donor,” she said. “If they talk … |
Hawaii Tribune Herald |
College contest serves as Organ Donation 101
Hawaii Tribune Herald Each day in the United States, an average of 21 people die due to the lack of available organs for transplant. And that happens despite the fact that a single donor can save up to eight lives through organ donation, and can save or enhance more than … PODIUM: Discuss organ donation with family and friendsThe Westmorland Gazette Fall in organ donations prompts campaign to reduce Devon transplant listExeter Express and Echo ‘To save more lives, we need donors‘Basingstoke Gazette Larne Times all 12 news articles » |
The Hindu |
Fatty liver a drag on organ transplant
The Hindu A look at the figures showing the number of deceased organ donations reported with the Kerala Network for Organ Sharing, the nodal agency coordinating the State government’s ‘Mrithasanjeevani’ cadaver organ donation programme and the actual number … |