CBBC Newsround |
50 years on: UK’s first heart transplant remembered – CBBC …
CBBC Newsround It’s 50 years since the very first heart transplant was carried out in the UK. We take a look back at the operation that changed medical history. |
CBBC Newsround |
Max’s Law: Organ donation laws being reconsidered
CBBC Newsround A new law – to be called Max’s Law, after him – is being discussed in Parliament, with a view to changing the laws around organ donation in the UK. At the moment, if you wish to donate your organs after you die to somebody who needs your healthy ones … |
Saskatoon StarPhoenix |
Letter of the Day: Organ donation
Saskatoon StarPhoenix Having been given the “gift” of a very successful kidney donation 24 years ago, it was with dismay that I read of Minister Jim Reiter’s decision not to followup on Brad Wall’s earlier suggestion to pursue legislation for presumed consent for organ … |
Shelbyville Times-GazetteCounty officials support organ donationShelbyville Times-GazetteTop row, from left: Circuit Judge Forest Durard, School Superintendent Don Embry, Chancellor J.B. Cox and Circuit Judge Wyatt Burk. Second row: Sheriff Austin Swin…
Honolulu Civil Beat |
Health Beat: Let’s Start Assuming People Want To Be Organ Donors
Honolulu Civil Beat End-stage renal (kidney) disease put about 93 percent of them on that list, which costs Hawaii’s health care system approximately $10 million annually. Although actual transplants are expensive, the annual cost of medical care for kidney transplant … |
The Gander Beacon |
Marystown kidney transplant recipient urges organ donation
The Gander Beacon MARYSTOWN, NL — Later this month will be Dianne Lake’s one-year “kidney-versary.” The Marystown resident has polycystic kidney disease, a condition that causes fluid-filled cystics to grow in the kidneys. It runs through her family for at least five … |
CIproud.comOrgan donating impacts the communityCIproud.comMORTON, Ill. – On January 17, 2017, Matthew Polk was called to OSF St. Francis in Peoria to receive a kidney and pancreas transplant. A surgery that is only performed two to four times a year. S…
The Gulf News |
Marystown kidney transplant recipient urges organ donation
The Gulf News MARYSTOWN, NL — Later this month will be Dianne Lake’s one-year “kidney-versary.” The Marystown resident has polycystic kidney disease, a condition that causes fluid-filled cystics to grow in the kidneys. It runs through her family for at least five … |
Times of India |
Youth take initiative to motivate elderly in family to donate organs
Times of India Aniruddha Kulkarni, the transplant coordinator at Jupiter Hospital, Thane, said that the conversion rate (for organ donation) is higher when a young family member has to be counselled about organ donation. “Youngsters can motivate other family members … |
The PacketMarystown kidney transplant recipient urges organ donation | Living …The PacketDianne Lake got a second chance at life because someone ticked the box to become a donor.and more »