Port Stephens ExaminerDonateLife Week call for more to register as an Australian organ donorPort Stephens ExaminerI will be forever thankful to my donor and their family, and make the most of every day as a way of honouring their generous gift. I also …
WLS-TV |
Retired Illinois minister saved by teenage organ donor
WLS-TV Prayers were answered for a retired minister from Illinois who was given the gift of life thanks to a teenage organ donor. (WLS). CNN. Tuesday, July 18, 2017 04:22PM. Prayers were answered for a retired minister from Illinois who was given the gift of … Mother of organ donor meets man who got son’s liverWTOL.com ‘I’ve been waiting on this day’: Man saved by Colorado organ donor meets teen’s motherErieTVNews |
Healthline |
Would an ‘Opt Out’ System Solve Organ Donation Shortage?
Healthline Under this setup, you are automatically an organ donor unless you make the effort to take your name off the list. The United States currently uses an explicit consent, or “opt-in,” system for organ donation, although on a state-by-state basis. By … |
LETTERS, July 18: Consider organ donation – Opinion – Wilmington …StarNewsOnline.comGive the gift of life EDITOR: In December 2015, my husband was diagnosed with end-stage renal disease, otherwise known as kidney failure. The diagnosis …and mo…
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Bangladeshi cabinet approves proposal on organ transplant donation
Xinhua The draft of the “Organ Transplantation Act (Amendment) 2017” approves of grandparents, grandchildren and first cousins as potential donors. The existing 1999 law allows only siblings, children, parents, spouses, and blood-related aunts and uncles to … |
IrishCentral |
Why the Irish must now opt out of organ donation
IrishCentral One third of Irish people carry organ donor cards and Ireland currently has one of the highest organ donation rates in the world – 20.3 per million people (pmp). That figure, however, fluctuates from year to year and has varied from 20.6 in 2011 to … |
Nearly 800 lives have been saved thanks to organ donationNottingham PostDebra Barlow, 52, from Mansfield Woodhouse, underwent a double lung transplant in October 2015 after contracting chicken pox pneumonia in 2006 which severely damaged her lungs. She…
Helensburgh Advertiser |
Helensburgh’s MSP welcomes organ donation move
Helensburgh Advertiser HELENSBURGH’S MSP has welcomed the Scottish Government’s announcement of plans for an ‘opt-out’ system for organ donatino. The ‘opt-out’ system was initially championed in a Member’s Bill at the Scottish Parliament prior to the 2016 elections, but … |
Solihull Observer |
NHS reaches 50,000 milestone for lives saved from organ donation …
Gazette A RECORD number of people are alive today because of an organ transplant – 50300 to be exact. Have you decided to be an organ donor? – Nightlife – ABC RadioABC Online 2,000 people alive thanks to organ donors | The Solihull ObserverSolihull Observer Father’s whole-hearted thanks to all donors | Caboolture NewsCaboolture News |
The Daily Star |
Organ transplant will require govt approval
The Daily Star Amputations and organ transplants cannot be done without government’s consent in any of the hospitals in Bangladesh, says a draft law endorsed by the cabinet. The proposed law titled ‘Transplantation of Human Organs Act, 2017’ also expanded the … Organ transplant law: Cabinet approves amendment adding cousins, grandchildren to donors’ listBangladesh News 24 hours Three-year jail or Tk10 lakh fine for illegal trade in human organsDhaka Tribune |