Indianapolis Star |
What it’s like to wait for organ transplants: 3 Hoosiers talk about life in limbo
Indianapolis Star When IndyStar’s eight-week series on organ donation kicked off April 8, we introduced you to three people who were waiting for life-saving transplants — and one young mom who had just, days earlier, received a new heart. As the series ends, we check … |
Indianapolis Star |
Tragedies turn organ donation into personal cause for Indy 500 racers
Indianapolis Star Organ donation is “a very delicate subject,” said Mario Andretti. “It’s life for someone, but it’s your death. Do you want to think about that? No.” Garden City teen raises organ donor awareness | Garden City NewsGarden City News |
Times of India |
Next step is to find local donors to carry out transplants here, say experts
Times of India KOLKATA: As the euphoria over the first successful heart transplant in the city ebbs, health administrators, doctors and organ donation activists are bracing up for a challenge — to get the critical care and trauma experts the confidence to declare a … |
CHAT News Today |
A Medicine Hat family is encouraging people to become organ donors
CHAT News Today MEDICINE HAT – One in 10 Canadians is living with kidney disease, according to the Kidney Foundation of Canada. In 2016, 747 Albertans were on the organ transplant wait list, 45 of them died waiting. John Boksteyn is one of the people on the waitlist … |
Cincinnati.com |
Mom of Monroe crash victim: ‘She was able to save lives like she always wanted to’
Cincinnati.com That’s because the Monroe High School student was an organ donor. And her mother says she gave the gift of life to six people, sight to two and helped over 50 people with tissue and skin donations. More: Monroe student who died after prom night crash ID’d. |
Surrey Now-LeaderBC aHUS patient in need of kidney donationSurrey Now-LeaderHe thought his battle with aHUS would be over after the provincial government approved funding of the $750,000 drug Soliris, but Paul Chung has found himself facing another med…
Daily HeraldLehi mom remembers son by teaching about organ donationDaily HeraldAcross Utah County, there are people waiting for donations, whether it is a needed organ, bone marrow or blood that will save their lives. Others have given these life-savin…
Billings Gazette |
St. Vincent Healthcare recognized for increasing tissue donations
Billings Gazette T.J.’s donation is just one example of the work St. Vincent does in regard to organ and tissue donation. Last week, the hospital was named Hospital of the Year by LifeNet Health’s Pacific Northwest office, the nonprofit organization that works with … |
Newry.ie |
Organ Donation Awareness event tells people to “Tick and Tell”
Newry.ie A ‘Tick and Tell’ organ donation awareness event has been proclaimed a resounding success after hundreds attended the recent event held at Newry Town Hall. The evening was hosted by Newry, Mourne and Down District Council, together with the … |
Seymour Tribune |
IndyCar driver promotes organ donation, Click It or Ticket
Seymour Tribune 25 Driven 2 Save Lives Andretti Motorsports car, made a stop in the city to help promote Click It or Ticket and the Indiana Donor’s Network’s Drive 2 Save Lives initiative to encourage organ donation. The event was at Freeman Municipal Airport, where … |