16May/18

La Vergne High student Jordan Rice’s legacy lives after organ donation – The Daily News Journal


The Daily News Journal

La Vergne High student Jordan Rice’s legacy lives after organ donation
The Daily News Journal
Jordan Rice’s organs helped save the lives of at least six people, his parents said. His heart was transplanted to a 16-year-old boy. A family in Memphis recently wrote a letter to the Rices, handled anonymously through an organ donation organization, …

16May/18

Missouri lawmakers push Greitens probe after charge dropped – New Jersey Herald


New Jersey Herald

Missouri lawmakers push Greitens probe after charge dropped
New Jersey Herald
The House investigatory panel, which already has released scathing reports about Greitens’ affair and his political use of a charity donor list, decided to call a Greitens policy aide as a witness and to issue subpoenas related to a potential attempt
Greitens’ impeachment team says woman should testify in open, face cross-examinationKansas City Star

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16May/18

Hockey hero Mansoor Ahmed would not have died had Pakistan had a deceased organ donation programme – DAWN.com (blog)


DAWN.com (blog)

Hockey hero Mansoor Ahmed would not have died had Pakistan had a deceased organ donation programme
DAWN.com (blog)
Our greatest tribute to this fallen hero can be in making his story the catalyst for an important change in our health system: a formalised deceased organ donation programme that can, according to estimates, save thousands of lives of people dying from
Increase in available transplant organs tied to opioid deathsResearchGate (blog)
Organs From Opioid OD Victims Are Saving Lives: StudyU.S. News & World Report
The U.S. Opioid Crisis Is So Devastating, It’s Made More Organs …Gizmodo
Humboldt Journal
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16May/18

Rotary farewells Mary Elliott – TIMES NEWS GROUP (press release) (blog)


TIMES NEWS GROUP (press release) (blog)

Rotary farewells Mary Elliott
TIMES NEWS GROUP (press release) (blog)
Ms Elliott was particularly active in Torquay and surrounds during campaigns such as DonateLife Week – the national week of awareness about organ and tissue donation – and “Santa for a Day”, Transplant Australia’s push for people to join the Australian …