Tehran Times |
Organ donation, last lesson teacher gave his students
Tehran Times Abolqasem had filled out an organ donor card before his death. On Thursday, in Shahid Namazi Hospital in Shiraz, the capital of Fars Province, just two days before National Teachers’ Day in Iran, with his family’s consent, his kidneys were transplanted … |
Fresno Bee |
Fresno resident meets woman who helped save her life with organ donation
Fresno Bee Sandy Lynch met Emily “Missy” McAlister, who donated her brother’s organs after he died. Sandy received one of Gary Brandt’s kidney’s 20 years ago, which Sandy credits it with saving her life. For the first time after years of phone calls and letters … |
The Guardian |
Organ donation: the community is vital to the meaning of being an individual
The Guardian Richard Hain had to decide if it was ethical to take kidneys from an individual who could not possibly give consent. He decided that with the parents’ consent it was, because: “Being a person is not simply an ability to give informed consent… The … |
Appleton Post Crescent |
Flip your thinking on organ donation
Appleton Post Crescent The paramedics will handle me differently in a crisis. I’ll just let my family decide for me. My body won’t be treated with respect after I die. It will make my funeral arrangements too complicated for my family. Myths about organ donation have … |
CTV NewsShould British Columbians be made organ donors by default?CTV NewsWith nearly 500 British Columbians anxiously awaiting organ transplants, there are new calls to make everyone in the province donors by default. According to the Kidney Foundatio…
Standard FreeholderOrgan donors are true lifesaversStandard FreeholderAnd, earlier this year, the CCH had its first successful organ donation, something that is considered much more complicated to co-ordinate, with transplant surgeons travelling to col…
Linlithgow Journal & Gazette |
Call from consultant on organ donation
Linlithgow Journal & Gazette Meanwhile her father in-law benefitted from two kidney transplants. She said: “I think the most important thing is that people talk about organ donation and discuss their wishes and beliefs with family members. It’s a great opportunity to do something … |
SGGP |
Organ donation saves many lives
The Daily Athenaeum Every 10 minutes, someone’s name is being added to the National Organ Transplant List. Someday, that might be you or someone you love. Chances are very high you will eventually know someone on that list. On Sept. 11, 2013, my name was added to that … Medical workers’ skills in organ transplant more and more sophisticatedSGGP |
KPHO Phoenix |
MCSO inmates sign up to be organ donors
KPHO Phoenix Inmates lined up at Tent City Thursday afternoon in a national drive to recruit organ donors. Nearly 100 prisoners at Sheriff Joe’s Arpaio’s jails signed up in April in MCSO’s program called “I DO,” which stands for Inmates willing Donate their Organs … |
Lee Co. family encourages organ donationsWALB-TVLEE CO., GA (WALB) – A Lee County family is speaking out to help encourage community members to become organ donors. They believe donating his organs to help save the lives of others is the best way to gi…