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Mayo float to raise awareness for organ donation at “Parade of Roses”
WEAU EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) Mayo Clinic Health System Eau Claire is taking part in a nationwide effort to raise awareness for organ donation. Wednesday the hospital’s CEO, Doctor Randall Linton, signed a proclamation supporting the donations, along with … |
Saving Sam: 10-Year-Old Waiting For Life-Saving Organ Transplant10TVA Galloway family is facing the heartbreaking prospect of what could be their final holiday season with their 10-year-old son. Earlier this year, 10TV introduced you to Sam Williams, a…
Channel News AsiaExperts urge US to change organ donation policiesChannel News AsiaWASHINGTON: A group of more than 300 prominent doctors, religious leaders and ethicists on Wednesday (Nov 12) urged President Barack Obama to change the current system f…
Gloucester CitizenExperts urge US to change organ donation policiesMedical XpressIn an open letter to the Obama administration, the group called for the government to start researching ways to make organ donation more appealing to the general public, i…
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Spain to advise Brazil on recruiting organ donors
Fox News Latino The National Transplant Organization of Spain, or ONT, will advise Brazil on training personnel to recruit organ donors, according to an agreement signed Tuesday by that institution and the Brazilian Health Ministry. “Advice will be provided (for) the … |
Gloucester Citizen |
Tragic teen Katie Clutterbuck from Longlevens given posthumous award for …
Gloucester Citizen Dr Hooper said: “We’re delighted to be able to work with NHS Blood and Transplant to run the Organ Donor Awards for a second year. Organ donation can clearly save lives and it is also vitally important to say thank you to the families whose loved ones … |
Come on, have a heart – become an organ donorBizcommunity.comDid you know that there are about 4300 young children and adults in South Africa urgently awaiting an organ? Yet only 0.2% of the population are registered organ donors. South Africa is in an…
AsiaOneLet your families know, centre urges organ donorsAsiaOneMs Khamisah Othman smiling as she is visited by Hospital Kuala Lumpur Nephrology Department head Datuk Dr Ghazali Ahmad, National Transplant Resource Centre head Datin Dr Lela Yasmin Mansor…
The Atlantic |
Why Don’t People Want to Donate Their Organs?
The Atlantic In the United States alone, 21 people die everyday waiting for an organ transplant. Though about 45 percent of American adults are registered organ donors, it varies widely by state. More than 80 percent of adults in Alaska were registered donors in … |
Three People Die Every Day Due to a Shortage of Donor Organs – But There Is …Huffington Post UKMost people are in favour of organ donation and say they would consider donating some or all of their organs when they die. But the situation is worse than…