20Oct/18

MP urges north-east residents to sign up to save lives – Aberdeen Evening Express


Aberdeen Evening Express

MP urges north-east residents to sign up to save lives
Aberdeen Evening Express
Mr Bowie said: “Currently, only six out of 10 blood cancer patients in the UK find an unrelated matching blood stem cell donor. “That’s why I registered with DKMS in the fight against blood cancer and would urge others in my constituency who are

20Oct/18

Sum of her parts: Why are the vast majority of Indian organ donors women? – The Hindu

Sum of her parts: Why are the vast majority of Indian organ donors women?  The Hindu

The year his daughter Sheena turned 18 was the longest year of Ramendra Nath Singh’s life. Although she had offered without being asked, Singh felt a strange weight descend, as if a balloon had lodged itself in his chest clamping his breath and shrinking his appetite. She was a child after all, in the first year of engineering studies. When he took her to the hospital for the tests, she was detected with jaundice; the doctors would not touch her until she recovered fully. How long would it be? Singh felt guilty counting days like this. He had always said no to Sheena. But the day he vomited…

20Oct/18

Thiruvananthapuram may soon get its all-woman blood donors army – The New Indian Express


The New Indian Express

Thiruvananthapuram may soon get its all-woman blood donors army
The New Indian Express
The programme manager further adds that through such an initiative KDM eyes to achieve the twin objectives of promoting blood donation and identifying those women who had problems like malnutrition, anaemia and others. “When this project was first …

20Oct/18

Victoria adopts ‘automatic assessment’ organ donation model in bid … – ABC Local


ABC Local