The Villages Daily Sun |
Organ donation offers chance to save a life
The Villages Daily Sun Along with ensuring every person, regardless of age, registers to be a donor, UNOS spokeswoman Anne Paschke said recruiting more living donors is critical. “Only about 2 percent of us die in a way that makes it possible for organ donation,” she said … |
Washington PostFor the first time in years, new groups may vie to run organ transplant networkWashington PostFor 32 years, the nonprofit United Network for Organ Sharing has held the federal contract to run the complex U.S. transplant system, a round-t…
Vox |
Organ donation after death is still the exception, not the rule – Vox
Vox Thousands of organs are lost before they can be donated. Here’s how to save them. Sask. allots more than $500k for new system to improve organ donation rateCTV News Service BC helps BC Transplant acknowledge record number of …Voiceonline.com |
PEOPLE.com |
Woman Finds Hope in Organ Donation After Husband’s Fatal Brain Aneurysm
PEOPLE.com Carlotta Williams was enjoying New Year’s Day with her children at her Franklin, Texas, home earlier this year when she received tragic news. About 30 miles away, in Bryan, her husband Brandon Baker had suffered an aneurysm while chopping wood with his … |
The News-Press |
Organ–transplant family coping better after talking to recipients
The News-Press When she was 8 years old, Hannah Bogue-Grey took the stethoscope and put it up to Andrew Spehr’s chest. She could hear the heartbeat. It was the heart of her mother, Danielle Bogue, that was beating in Spehr. “Overwhelmed,” Hannah said, recalling the … |
The Drum |
Human organs become Fabergé eggs in Brazilian donation drive
The Drum Embracing the concept of ‘who will inherit your greatest wealth’, the print ad campaign for Moinhos de Vento Hospital seeks to improve donation rates by equating precious organs to expensive jewelery. This follows statistics produced by the Brazilian … |
Spectrum NewsCharlotte teacher fighting rare disease needs kidney donationSpectrum NewsCHARLOTTE — A Charlotte teacher who faces a rare disease is need of a kidney donation. On Sunday, former students held a benefit concert for him. Students held the …
Ottawa Citizen |
Humboldt crash inspires hundreds to become organ donors, but …
Ottawa Citizen The number of people signing up to donate organs or tissue in Canada jumped sharply after the Humboldt Broncos bus crash — but fell again during the following week.Before the April 6 crash, about 70 to 80 Canadians were signing up each day to offer … |
The Express Tribune |
‘Promote organ donation to end illegal trade’ – The Express Tribune
The Express Tribune A two-day conference and workshop by the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT) on organ donation and curbing the menace of commercial trade of human organs, concluded on Saturday with a press briefing. The briefing was held by the … State urged to offer ‘free of cost’ organ transplant at public hospitalsThe Nation Committee presents recommendations to curb illegal organ trade in …Geo News, Pakistan Call to curb commercialization, sale of organs, tissues – PakObserverPakistan Observer Pakistan Today –The News International (blog) all 5 news articles » |
Fredericksburg.com |
Organ donation offers families hope during darkest days | Features …
Fredericksburg.com April is National Donate Life Month. I’m going to share what that meant to our family, and how connecting organ donors with potential transplant recipients—for kidneys, hearts, lungs—not only renews. Province encourages organ donor registration ahead of National …CHEK Intermountain Donor Services honors five ‘heroes’ as part of Donate …fox13now.com Organ Donation: For Want of a Kidney…India Legal (satire) The Killeen Daily Herald all 7 news articles » |