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Waterloo woman’s new heart brings her home for the holidays
Waterloo Record She faces 2014 with hope and determination, grateful for her boyfriend Nelson and the support of many friends, grateful to live in a country where any sick person who needs it can be a candidate for costly transplant surgery. She also has a sense of … |
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Science trumps sentiment as France claims breakthrough with first artificial …
The Independent Controlled by a computer and made partly from chemically treated animal tissues, it is the culmination of a 30-year quest by Mr Carpentier, 80, for the “holy grail” of transplant surgery. Asked on Sunday to comment on his discovery, he quoted the … |
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Hammond man’s kidney transplant scheduled for next month
WatertownDailyTimes.com His search for a suitable donor proved fruitless and, in November, he turned to Facebook and local media outlets for help finding a match. On Jan. 13, Mr. Kron will have kidney transplant surgery thanks to Lyons Falls resident Evangeline “Vangie” T … |
Express.co.ukA father gives his sick son the greatest Christmas giftExpress.co.ukHaving suffered with renal failure and ill health all his life, Caden had transplant surgery after his father donated a kidney in October. Caden is now recovering well and…
Economic TimesAulakh, Mahajan elected to Medical Council of India executive body from northEconomic TimesNEW DELHI: Baldev Singh Aulakh, a professor of Urology and Transplant Surgery, is the only government nominee elected unopposed to the executive co…
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Ex-Wilmington worker gets 30 days in $31000 embezzlement
The News Journal Cooch, however, allowed Park until after the Christmas holiday to report to prison and, furthermore, ordered that if Park’s daughter was cleared for transplant surgery while Park was incarcerated, Park could be released to attend. Hendee said … |
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Alberta mother’s gift of a liver the best present of all for ailing daughter …
Edmonton Journal The transplant surgery took place on Dec. 2. Riddell was on the operating table for seven hours, during which the surgeons removed a little less than 20 per cent of her liver. Nikita’s surgery lasted 11 hours, a complicated procedure to remove her … |
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Waiting for the perfect fit
Moose Jaw Times-Herald An air ambulance will come from Saskatoon and will take him to Edmonton where a team of specialists will perform the transplant surgery. After the transplant, his body could reject the lungs, so he will have to take more medication. “It is going to … |
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In race for time, Clermont teen gets double-transplant
Orlando Sentinel With the aid of Angel Flight, a father was able to get his daughter an organ transplant surgery with only 48 minutes to spare. By Stephen Hudak, Orlando Sentinel. 7:35 p.m. EST, December 20, 2013. When Fritz Amrhein’s cell phone rang just after 6 p.m. Dec. |
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UAB Launches Paired Exchange and Incompatible Kidney Transplant Program
Newswise (press release) Jayme Locke, M.D., Reynolds’ surgeon and the assistant professor of Surgery and Abdominal Transplant Surgery in the School of Medicine, says incompatible transplantation is an important innovation. “Most programs are participating in some sort of … |