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Here are the six families whose members will form a human chain for the …
Daily News & Analysis A mother of two, Pratibha had never imagined that she would have to undergo a kidney transplant surgery. Six months ago, her health deteriorated following which she had to be put on dialysis. The doctors said transplant was necessary. “My husband has … |
Press-Enterprise |
RIVERSIDE COUNTY: Appellate justice seeks potential kidney donors
Press-Enterprise Volunteering is not a commitment to become a donor, and the cost of the transplant surgery is carried by the recipient’s insurance or Medicare. Besides tending to his judicial duties, Thomas Hollenhorst has kept his outside-the-courtroom activities up … |
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Leslie Holland | Tax credits an acceptable incentive to donate organs
The Courier-Journal Transplant surgery averages $150,000, far less than the $350,000-$800,000 required to keep an ESRD patient alive for four to eight years. It is currently illegal in the U.S. and most other countries to sell human organs. Donors live as long — or … |
Yorkshire Post |
Family gift of new lease of life
Yorkshire Post Fiaz had various tests to make sure he was a suitable donor and mentally prepared, before the transplant surgery in July in Leeds. The transplant was a success, Mohammed’s health has improved dramatically and he has now returned to work. He wants … |
Sanford Herald (registration) |
Donor’s gift ‘an act of love’
Sanford Herald (registration) A Sanford church brought together a Moore County girl with kidney failure, a Lee County writer and a Harnett County legal assistant in a quest to get that little girl a new kidney. And now, after months of effort, 9-year-old Evie Wentz’s transplant … |
Yahoo!7 NewsWoman celebrates liver transplant with bottle of vodkaYahoo!7 NewsA patient at a German hospital has reportedly arrived for liver transplant surgery with a full bottle of vodka, German paper The Local reports. The incident took place at a s…
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Kidney Transplant An Emotional Trip for Coaches
fox8.com The transplant surgery took place at the Cleveland Clinic in December. Josh is back at work already, and Jeff hopes to be back on the job soon. He visited the school for the girls’ basketball game Wednesday night. It was his first trip to Lutheran West … |
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Luis Collazo dedicates fight to LI girl
Newsday Genatt met Collazo through her trainers Scooter Honig and Eddie O’Boyle at Competitive Edge Athletics in Port Washington when she was preparing for kidney transplant surgery in 2010. Genatt speaks at meetings of Nephrologists and organizes fundraising … |
Two sisters get lung transplant from same donorThe New Age OnlineTwo sisters get lung transplant from same donor. Two sisters get lung transplant from same donor. Department of thoracic surgery, Foch hospital, Suresnes, France, Surgeon preparing lung t…
Philly.com |
The Rydell story: Old songs, new body parts
Philly.com The dire recollection of his July 2012 double-transplant surgery, proffered in the Eagles- and Phillies-decorated den of Rydell’s Lower Merion home, was not at all hyperbolic. “He was badly debilitated because his long-lasting liver disease had … |