Siliconindia.comCadaveric organ donation in India caught in bureaucratic bindThe HinduNineteen years ago, when the Transplantation of Human Organs Act was passed, activists rejoiced. They believed it would put an end to the commercial sale of organs, a…
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Individual efforts for a noble cause
Times of India On July 8, 2011 when Samal, a resident of Manoharpur under Medinipur gram panchayat near Bhawanipatna who has been practicing since 1994, organized the first organ donation awareness camp at Medinipur village under the banner of ‘Life Vision’, … |
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Kiran and Aamir pledge to donate their organs
Times of India It’s also important that once we pledge our organs, we need to create the right kind of systems to help facilitate the donation easily and use the organs correctly. What I have heard is that the logistics is nightmarish and people don’t come to collect … |
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Tammy Baldwin, 84 Dem Lawmakers Urge End to Gay Blood Donation Ban in …
Towleroad Baldwin She sent a letter signed by 84 other Democratic lawmakers Friday to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius expressing concern that the ban “continues to perpetuate inaccurate stereotypes against gay and bisexual men and … Sen. Warren Pushes To End Blood Donation BanWBUR Quigley continues leading efforts to revise discriminatory blood donation policyChicagoPride.com Massachusetts Senator wants blood donation policies re-evaluatedWCVB Boston Gayapolis –The Hill (blog) –UPI.com all 27 news articles » |
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Report: Democratic National Committee Tops List Of ‘Deceased’ Donors
CBS Local A new analysis of Federal Election Commission filings finds that 32 “deceased” people donated more than $586,000 to congressional and presidential candidates since Jan. 1, 2009. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) … Report: Campaigns collected $600k from dead donorsCBS News Report: Dead donors gave $586KPolitico Report: Dead People Gave Almost $600K To Political Campaigns Since 2009TPM Huffington Post all 14 news articles » |
Business Standard20% of donated organs are wasted, say expertsBusiness StandardHe adds, though there are 1,40,000 road accidents per year, out of which over 90,000 are head injuries, only five to 10 per cent of total organs donated in India are from br…
Blood donation drive held alongside Larsen and Turbo Oman staff iftarAME Info (press release)Coinciding with the celebrations of the last ten days of the Holy month of Ramadan, for L&T Heavy Engineering LLC, a leading name in construction and infra…
Blood donation drive in Ozamiz continuesPhilippine Information AgencyOZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, Aug. 5 (PIA) — The blood donation drive of the Ozamiz Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (DRRMC) does not end with the celebration of the Nat…
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bb review: Ship of Theseus, breathing life into Indian art cinema
Financial Times (registration) (blog) The three-act movie tells the stories of a visually impaired photographer, a Jain monk diagnosed with liver cirrhosis while battling against animal testing by big pharmas, and a victim of India’s black market in organ transplants whose kidney is stolen … A closer look at aesthetics of alienationDaily News & Analysis |
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Hundreds die in India due to lack of organs
Daily News & Analysis Things have not changed at all. People are not ready to part with organs of their loved ones even after death.” While most donors in India are women, many don’t come forward to pledge organ donation because of religious or superstitious reasons, the … |