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10 things you said about opt-out organ donation
Sunderland Echo Eleanor Forster, who is a registered organ donor, believes donating your organs is the last charitable deed a person can do. She said: “I’m on the register and definitely think it should be opt out. I have promised my family I’ll come back and haunt … |
Lithuanian healthmin suggests organ donation consent when receiving IDs – Baltic Times
Baltic Times |
Lithuanian healthmin suggests organ donation consent when receiving IDs
Baltic Times VILNIUS – Lithuania’s Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga has suggested envisaging a duty for persons to decide on organ donation when applying for identification documents. He objected the universal organ donation model proposed by conservative MP … |
Senate report probes Purdue Pharma donations to nonprofits – The Advocate
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Senate report probes Purdue Pharma donations to nonprofits
The Advocate STAMFORD — OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma ranked as the top donor among a group of five pharmaceutical companies that poured millions of dollars during the past five years into prominent nonprofits supporting large-scale opioid use, according to a new … |
Ready to live and give back, New Haven resident seeks liver transplant – New Haven Register
New Haven RegisterReady to live and give back, New Haven resident seeks liver transplantNew Haven RegisterLiapakis said there are 14,000 patients needing donated livers in the United States and there is a shortage of organs from deceased donors, especi…
Critical need for blood donations heading into March Break – CTV News
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Critical need for blood donations heading into March Break
CTV News Becky Littau is making it her mission to make sure more people in Ottawa roll up their sleeves. She lost her husband Dustin to cancer in July. During his treatment he required significant amounts of blood. “In the course of his treatment he was … |
Gift of sight – Daily Ardmoreite
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Gift of sight
Daily Ardmoreite He and his family knew something was wrong, so they rushed him to the doctor to save the eye. After getting the right medication and eye drops, everything went back to normal. “All I have to do now to maintain the transplant is monitor my eye.” Shawn … |
Our View: Give big, Green Bay, and help area agencies – Green Bay Press Gazette
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Our View: Give big, Green Bay, and help area agencies
Green Bay Press Gazette From noon Tuesday to noon Wednesday we’re asking area residents to be in the giving mood. That’s when people in greater Green Bay will take part in the first 24-hour, community-wide Give BIG Green Bay event. The Greater Green Bay Community Foundation … |
Nationwide organ donor registry to be announced soon – gulfnews.com
gulfnews.comNationwide organ donor registry to be announced soongulfnews.comAbu Dhabi: Although the UAE now has its own multi-organ transplant programme at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, the absence of a nationwide donor registry means that residents must…
Gift of life: Have you registered on the stem cells donors list? – Hindustan Times
Hindustan Times |
Gift of life: Have you registered on the stem cells donors list?
Hindustan Times So she took her doctor up on the offer of a bone marrow transplant. But where would the marrow come from? DATRI came to her aid. The non-profit maintains the largest stem cell donor registries in the country with 3 lakh people. “I had 9 matches, some … |
MAX’S LAW: Plans to make organ donation an opt OUT decision pass major milestone – Blackpool Gazette
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MAX’S LAW: Plans to make organ donation an opt OUT decision pass major milestone
Blackpool Gazette Plans to change the law so people’s organs will be donated after their deaths unless they opt out have passed a major milestone. Max’s Law – named after Max Johnson, 10, who was saved by a heart transplant – was backed by ministers in Parliament. The … Mum of Max Johnson breaks down after hearing name of girl whose heart saved her sonMirror.co.uk The little girl whose death could mean a new donor lawITV News |