Doctors call for ‘serious debate’ on opt-out organ donor system
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An opt-out system for organ donation would better reflect the views of most Scots, doctors’ leaders have said. The British Medical Association (BMA) said it was time for a “serious debate” on the issue. About 650 people north of the border are …
Video: Become an organ donorHealth24.com
Organ Donation: Anyone Can Save A Life Transplant Nurse Shares Her …ParamusPost.com

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New campaign hopes to get people talking about organ donation
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More than two million Scots are currently on the organ donor register, the highest rate in the UK but still only 41% of the population, and much lower than the numbers who said they would accept an organ donation. The “From the Heart” campaign hopes to …

PennDOT Highlights New Organ Donation Initiative for National Donor Day
PR Newswire (press release)
There is no fee to place the organ donor designation on your driver’s license or photo ID. More than 8,300 of the 116,000 Americans awaiting life-saving organ transplants reside in Pennsylvania. However, the number of donors is not keeping pace with …

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Blood donation center opens in Menlo Park
The Almanac Online
After cutting the ribbon, he celebrated the grand opening of Stanford’s new blood-donation center by giving blood on Jan. 31. The center, located at 445 Burgess Drive in Menlo Park, replaces the one Stanford used to operate on Welch Road in Palo Alto.

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200 waiting for organ donation in NI
U.TV
As part of the From the Heart campaign, UTV has been looking at the issue of organ donation in Northern Ireland – where 200 people are waiting for a transplant – and hearing the stories of those whose lives have been saved and those still waiting.
New campaign hopes to get people talking about organ donationstv.tv
‘Very few contraindications’ to organ donationITV News
End the donor crisis: Brave young man who inspired our organ donor campaign …Daily Mail
Coronation Street Blog (blog) –IBTimes.co.uk –TopNews New Zealand
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Public divided on ‘presumed consent’ organ donation
ITV News
Public opinion is firmly divided on whether organ donation should be opt-in, as it currently is in the UK, or opt-out, as it is in many other European countries, according to an ITV News poll by ComRes. Older people are more likely to agree with the …

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