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Brain dead gives life to five through organ donation
Business Standard Multi-organ harvesting was performed at the hospital after getting consent from the Aswin’s parents and one kidney each was given to K G Hospital and PSG Hospital, liver to PSG hospital and two eyes to Sankara Eye Hospital, all in Coimbatore, today, … |
Herald & Review |
St. Mary’s, health department cited for organ donation promotion
Herald & Review Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White presented the awards as part of National Minority Donor Awareness Week. “When it comes to organ and tissue donation, minorities are in great need for organ transplants, yet they donate at a lower rate,” White said. This Week is Minority Organ Donor Awareness WeekConnectcut Plus |
The Daily Telegraph |
DonateLife Week: Steele and Gremmo families urge conversations about organ …
The Daily Telegraph Weeks earlier, the 13-year-old and his family had been watching a documentary about organ donation. “We discussed what a wonderful gift it would be to give others life through organ donation,” his father Michael Gremmo said. “So, when Kylie and I were … |
Times of India |
Maharashtra adopts central organ donation law
Times of India MUMBAI: Organ donation in Maharashtra got a huge boost on Tuesday with the state adopting the central government’s Transplantation of Human Organs Act, 2011. Besides cutting red tape for donor and recipient families, implementation of the Act is likely … Organ Donation Awareness Week launching to urge organ donorsThe Sun Daily Amendment to allow organ donation by grandparentsThe Asian Age Save a life through organ donation with a cup of coffeeMackay Daily Mercury knopnews2 –Bradford Telegraph and Argus –Daily News & Analysis all 23 news articles » |
Renal and Urology NewsOrgan Donation Rates Mostly Unaffected by State PoliciesRenal and Urology NewsDuring that 22-year period, initiatives such as first-person consent, which allows people to donate organs without family consent, establishment of orga…
Bradford Telegraph and Argus |
Issue of low organ donation levels among ethnic minority groups highlighted
Bradford Telegraph and Argus Doctors from Bradford Royal Infirmary and St Luke’s Hospital, representatives of NHS Blood and Organ Transplant Donation, Muslim scholars and families of transplant patients all attended and considered the ongoing issue of too few organ donations from … |
New York Daily News |
EXCLUSIVE: State senator wants to increase organ donations in New York
New York Daily News ALBANY — A Queens state senator wants to increase organ donations in New York by adding a line on a host of state forms that would allow people to sign up. Sen. Jose Peralta on Tuesday will announce a bill that would require a range of applications, … |
knopnews2 |
‘Major religions view organ donation as charity’
Times of India If you look at the international scenario in organ donation, we are way behind. Now that I run a hospital, I’ve come to understand more about the gaps. In India, organs that can save lives are in short supply . Only one of 30 people who need a kidney … Giving The Gift of Life : Organ Donationknopnews2 Donor a life or death decisionCommunity Newspaper Group |
Wangaratta Chronicle |
Organ donation a comfort in grief
Wangaratta Chronicle LOCAL women on both sides of organ donation are urging the public to consider registering as organ donors as Australia marks DonateLife Week (August 2-9). Michelle Stone has seen the good that organ donation can do since the loss of her father, Barry … Canberrans urged to become organ donors as ACT’s first organ donor remembered …ABC Online Mum of ACT’s first organ donor speaks 40 years after daughter diesThe Canberra Times |
Toowoomba Chronicle |
Organ donations can bring good from tragedy
Toowoomba Chronicle SUPPORTING a family and being part of the organ donation decision-making process at such a tragic time is a privilege, according to Toowoomba Hospital’s Liz Hill. Ms Hill is a donation specialist nurse and clinical nurse consultant. “Often, donation is … |