12Jun/18

Contrary to popular belief, donating blood in Ramazan ‘is not a health risk’ – The News International (blog)

Contrary to popular belief, donating blood in Ramazan ‘is not a health risk’
The News International (blog)
Pakistanis, compared with other nations, are largely reluctant to donate blood, but in the month of Ramazan, donations drop so low that hospitals and organisations treating blood-related diseases resort to making appeals and sending out SOS calls to

11Jun/18

Stranger donating kidney to save Oakland man’s life – KTVU San Francisco


KTVU San Francisco

Stranger donating kidney to save Oakland man’s life
KTVU San Francisco
He posted an ad in the community section of Craigslist San Francisco and Las Vegas, where he’d lived before moving to Oakland. “It went something like this: ‘hello my name is David. I have kidney failure and I’m looking for a kidney donor,”’ Nicherie

11Jun/18

Organ donation: ‘I have never been so scared in my life,’ says Ross Peters – The Times


The Times

Organ donation: ‘I have never been so scared in my life,’ says Ross Peters
The Times
Ross Peters, a friendly giant of 6ft 4in, was on a Friday night out with his mates when he first felt a little unwell. Usually fit and active, he decided to call it quits for the evening and head home to bed. The next 48 hours were hell. When Mr Peters

11Jun/18

Organ donation: ‘I have never been so scared in my life,’ says Ross Peters – The Times


The Times

Organ donation: ‘I have never been so scared in my life,’ says Ross Peters
The Times
Ross Peters, a friendly giant of 6ft 4in, was on a Friday night out with his mates when he first felt a little unwell. Usually fit and active, he decided to call it quits for the evening and head home to bed. The next 48 hours were hell. When Mr Peters

11Jun/18

Organ donation: Waiting lists are long — and getting worse … – The Times


The Times

Organ donation: Waiting lists are long — and getting worse …
The Times
The British Heart Foundation Scotland has long advocated a soft opt-out system as a means of increasing organ donation rates and ensuring that more people …
Drug abuse donors more common in organ donations | News …Richmond Register
Scottish doctors back ‘soft opt-out’ organ donor planThe National
Holyrood ministers launch bid to introduce ‘opt-out’ organ donor …The Scottish Sun

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11Jun/18

Organ donation: Everyone’s an organ donor as Holyrood backs opt-out scheme – The Times


The Times

Organ donation: Everyone’s an organ donor as Holyrood backs opt-out scheme
The Times
Families will no longer have the legal power to block the use of a deceased relative’s organs for transplants after legislation for a new opt-out system was tabled at the Scottish parliament. The legislation followed the SNP government’s announcement a
Drug abuse donors more common in organ donationsRichmond Register

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