23Nov/18

Don’t skate past donating, Blood Assurance needs blood donations – Northwest Georgia News


Northwest Georgia News

Don’t skate past donating, Blood Assurance needs blood donations
Northwest Georgia News
The Forum River Center is donating free passes to its indoor ice skating rink to the first 20 blood donors who stop by the blood drive. The passes will be good for the rest of the season and do not have to be used right away. This incentive is to

22Nov/18

Registered organ donors often avoid ticking box for eyes, but many need gift of sight – The Chronicle Journal

Registered organ donors often avoid ticking box for eyes, but many need gift of sight
The Chronicle Journal
Humphreys said that like other tissues and organs from deceased donors, the demand for eye tissue lags supply: for instance, the average wait time for a cornea transplant in Ontario is 252 days — or more than eight months. Of the 12.4 million

22Nov/18

Proposal to give Rs 5 lakh to relatives of deceased organ donors awaits clearance – Daily Pioneer

Proposal to give Rs 5 lakh to relatives of deceased organ donors awaits clearance
Daily Pioneer
The move, that ‘compensatory support’ should be doled out to any relative who has to go through the medical trauma of donating the organ of the family member, aims to boost deceased organ donation, which is dismally low in the country, said Dr Anil