Queens Chronicle |
Queens, JHMC take up call for organ donors
Queens Chronicle Anthony Vega was a born performer. “He loved music. He loved to dance. He loved paying basketball,” said his father, Giraldo, of Bay Shore, LI. A stranger might not know that Anthony was born with a condition that created excess fluid in his brain … |
Macleans.ca |
Organ donor registrations spiked after the Humboldt tragedy, inspired by the “Logan effect”
Macleans.ca When Logan Boulet turned 21, he signed up to be an organ donor and made his decision clear to his family. When the young hockey player died mere weeks later in the fatal Humboldt Broncos bus crash, there was no question about what to do with his organs … |
Ottawa Citizen |
Today’s letters: Please sign up as a potential organ donor
Ottawa Citizen 8: Number of lives that can be saved by one donor;. 75: Number of patients who could receive tissue from one donor;. 90+: Age of Canada’s oldest donor;. 2: Number of minutes it takes to register your decision to be an organ donor online. Canadians are … 1 donor can save 8 lives through organ donationWFMZ Allentown Cinema halls to soon screen short film on organ donation …India Today Organ Donors and Recipients Celebrate at The Donate Life EventWAER Kenosha News –WesternSlopeNow all 30 news articles » |
Newsweek |
Organ Donation: 7-year-old Boy Becomes First Child to Undergo Five-organ Transplant
Newsweek A seven-year-old boy in the U.K. has become the first child to undergo a five-organ transplant in one operation. A team of 12 medics at Birmingham Children’s Hospital in the West Midlands, U.K., operated on Crouch for 10 hours to implant a liver, two … |
Western Wheel |
Organ donation can bring peace of mind
Western Wheel Alex Conrad passed away in August 2011. He had signed his health care card and his tissues were harvested and donated to people in need. Photo submitted. Sometimes tragedy bears a silver lining – no matter how thin it may be. Losing a loved one is … |
The Dickinson PressRecycle yourself: Third annual 5K raises money for organ donation …The Dickinson PressWhile the sun may have been shining, things were a little windy for the third annual Recycle Yourself 5K. This year, more than 150 people partici…
CBC.ca |
P.E.I. launches new push for organ donation called Make it Zero …
CBC.ca P.E.I. has launched a new campaign to encourage Islanders to become organ donors called Make it Zero, as part of National Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness week. There are currently 18 people waiting for an organ transplant on P.E.I. and the province … Organ donors save lives, but only slightly more than half of adults have signed donor cardsLos Angeles Times Organ donor campaign holds special importance to local womanbattlefordsNOW Thousands of organs are lost before they can be donated. Here’s how to save them.Vox KFOX El Paso –WVNS-TV –Oneindia all 56 news articles » |
Founder of drum corps for Columbus youth in need of organ transplant10TVA Columbus man, who many consider a hero, is in need of his own hero.and more »
Times of India |
Youths turn saviours, breathe life into India’s organ donation drive
Times of India They answered in the affirmative, proving what experts always say about the willingness of today’s youth to accept and promote the otherwise-ignored theme of organ donation in India. The boys attended all the meetings and seminars on organ donations … |
PitchforkWild Beasts, Everything Everything, More Contribute Stems for …PitchforkSpeed Donating is an organ donor registration initiative for European countries. A partner project called Speed Donating Singles, co-ordinated by Robin Richards of Dutch…