Fox 2 Detroit |
Organ donation from toddler killed in driveway saves 2 lives
Fox 2 Detroit The only positive part of this mother’s pain is the donation of her organs. “She saved two kids’ lives,” Culbertson said. “Somebody got her heart, somebody got her lungs and liver.” The grieving mother asks everyone to consider becoming an organ donor. |
KATU |
Everyday Hero: A tragic death and organ donation leads to the gift of life
KATU PORTLAND, Ore. — In today’s Everyday Hero we meet the mother of a 14-year-old girl who died tragically, and the woman who received the girl’s heart, just days before doctors said she would have died without it. It’s a story about teen suicide, organ … |
Gazette Live |
Call for more organ donors as numbers saved by transplants in North Tees revealed
Gazette Live Health leaders have called for more organ donors after 13 lives were saved last year by selfless Teessiders. Six donors who’d passed away in 2017/18 went on to give seven kidneys, four livers, two lungs, a pancreas and a heart to help others once they … |
The Canberra Times |
How organ donation helped Rory find peace after his mum’s death
The Canberra Times But the decision to donate her organs could not have been easier. Son Rory said the family often discussed organ donation and his mother’s wishes were clear. “Weirdly we used to chat about it a lot and she would always say if she died just donate … |
The Globe and MailDacawi: Strengthening organ donationSun.StarAMONG items on the status of organ donation in this country, I gathered through the Internet this announcement from the Philippine Red Cross that it is venturing into this life-saving busine…
American Council on Science and HealthLegal Liver Transplant Focuses Attention On The Human Organ TradeAmerican Council on Science and HealthIn surely one of the most bizarre stories of recent weeks, former FC Barcelona president, Sandro Rosell, was fo…
Aitkin Independent Age |
Anyone can be an organ donor – MessAge Media: Other Opinions
Aitkin Independent Age Five years ago, my grandson became an organ donor. He had checked that box on his driver’s license and his seven major organs were recovered and … Ballarat, this is one stat we should be proud to be leading | The …Ballarat Courier |
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Family’s organ donation decision to save three lives
ecns Three lives could be saved thanks to a family’s decision to donate the organs of a man who died from a cerebral hemorrhage on July 21. At 9:12 am on July 24, doctors from the First People’s Hospital of Yueyang, in Central China’s Hunan province … |
PopBuzz |
QUIZ: Should You Be An Organ Donor?
PopBuzz There’s just over 10 million 16-30 year olds in the UK who have registered as organ donors but the chances of you actually knowing one and not realising it is very high. A whopping 55% of 18-24 year olds have never spoken to anyone about organ donation … |
PoliticsHome.comEleanor Smith MP: BAME patients will continue to die unless organ donation is normalisedPoliticsHome.comAnd supply is extremely low. In blood alone, it is estimated that we will need 27,000 new BAME donors in 2018/19 just to keep up wit…