Heartbreaking video sends powerful message about organ donation
Today.com
If all your colleagues are hunched over their keyboards crying this afternoon, this video might be why. Ad agency DDB Worldwide posted the viral clip on its YouTube page two weeks ago, and it’s since gotten more than 6 million views and continues to …
HOT CLICKS: Tear Jerker ‘Man And Dog’ Promotes Organ DonationKULR-TV

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The Emotional Meeting of Organ Donor’s Family and the Young Man Whose Life …
ABC News
The family of a Texas soldier had an emotional meeting this week with the man who received their son’s lungs following an organ donation. Brett Manuel of Houston, Texas, survived a tour of duty in Afghanistan as part of the Army Rangers, but was killed …
Family’s Heart-Warming Meeting with Recipient of Son’s Organ DonationKMBZ

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Dad says daughter lives on through organ donation
WDTN
Sarah decided to become an organ donor when she got her driver’s license at the age of 16. Larry says she was always thinking of other people. Her family says she was able to save five lives through organ donation. Recipients received her liver, lungs, …

Holyrood to consider organ donation opt-out law
Scotsman (blog)
Transplant recipients gathered outside the Scottish Parliament yesterday amidst 459 wooden crosses marking the number of patients who died this year due to lack of available organs for transplant – about 37 were believed to have died in Scotland.
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Nash hits back at Koch ‘backbone’ gibe
9news.com.au
Assistant Health Minister Fiona Nash has defended her decision to order a review into organ donation rates. She’s also hit back at Seven Network presenter David Koch who told the minister via live national television to “get a backbone”, claiming she …
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State policies needed to hike organ donation
Boston Herald
State revenue policies promoting organ donation may lead to small increases in transplantations from deceased donors, but new policies are needed to address the critical shortage of usable organs, according to a new study in the Journal of the American …
Rhys Meirion records “beautiful” organ donation songDaily Post North Wales
Duluth support group members promote life-affirming decision of organ donationDuluth News Tribune
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MSP publishes ‘soft opt-out’ organ donor bill
BBC News
Plans to introduce a “soft opt-out” system for organ donation in Scotland have been published at Holyrood. Labour’s Anne McTaggart has support from MSPs of all parties for her bill. The current “opt-in” system requires a proactive choice by an …
Debunking 5 myths about organ donation, as need for donors increasesMid Columbia Tri City Herald
State policies needed to hike organ donationBoston Herald
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Public Release: 1-Jun-2015 New ‘body of evidence’ regarding approval of …
EurekAlert (press release)
A shortage of organ donors is a serious problem in the United States and Canada. South of the border, 120,000 people are on the waiting list for an organ transplant. Every year, only about 29,000 transplants are performed, and over 10,000 people die …

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Welsh organ donation law branded ‘a complete waste of time’ by MP David Davies
WalesOnline
Welsh legislation aimed at increasing the number of human organs available for transplant has been described as a “complete waste of time, money and effort” by a Tory MP. From December 2015, a system of “presumed consent” will be introduced, under …