25Apr/18

Legacy of Life program aims to educate on benefits of organ and tissue donation – CTV News


CTV News

Legacy of Life program aims to educate on benefits of organ and tissue donation
CTV News
“At any given time there’s between roughly 250 to 300 people in Atlantic Canada who are awaiting a transplant,” says Dr. Stephen Beed. Dr. Beed is the Legacy of Life’s medical advisor, and just one of the members of the collaborative team. The program
Today’s letters: Please sign up as a potential organ donorOttawa Citizen
Your letters: Register now to donate your organsToronto Star
PEI launches new push for organ donation called Make it ZeroYahoo News Canada (blog)
Interior Journal –Newburgh Gazette
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25Apr/18

A Remixing Project Is Trying to Make Organ Donation Seem Less Scary – Noisey


Noisey

A Remixing Project Is Trying to Make Organ Donation Seem Less Scary
Noisey
The rationale behind it is simple, Richards says: “The stems database represents the organ donor register. The ease with which is it to upload a stem to help somebody make a track is representative of how simple it is to sign up to the organ donation

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25Apr/18

Local foundation takes unique approach to funding family-related agencies – Country 103.9 WRBI


Country 103.9 WRBI

Local foundation takes unique approach to funding family-related agencies
Country 103.9 WRBI
… three grants to agencies that work to improve the lives of families and children in the county. Phi Beta Psi XI Chapter received a $1,500 grant, Samaritan’s Hope Chest was awarded a $1,000 grant and the Batesville Memorial Public Library receives a

25Apr/18

Organ Donation: 7-year-old Boy Becomes First Child to Undergo Five-organ Transplant – Newsweek


Newsweek

Organ Donation: 7-year-old Boy Becomes First Child to Undergo Five-organ Transplant
Newsweek
Acknowledging her son’s deceased organ donor, Freestone said: “There also aren’t enough words to say thank you to the donor and their family and while we’re thrilled that Jay has been given this chance, we’re also incredibly aware of the sadness and

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25Apr/18

Organ Donation: 7-year-old Boy Becomes First Child to Undergo Five-organ Transplant – Newsweek


Newsweek

Organ Donation: 7-year-old Boy Becomes First Child to Undergo Five-organ Transplant
Newsweek
A seven-year-old boy in the U.K. has become the first child to undergo a five-organ transplant in one operation. A team of 12 medics at Birmingham Children’s Hospital in the West Midlands, U.K., operated on Crouch for 10 hours to implant a liver, two

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