17Dec/17

Potential liver donors offer to help Inuk woman rejected for transplant – The Globe and Mail


The Globe and Mail

Potential liver donors offer to help Inuk woman rejected for transplant
The Globe and Mail
A lawyer for an Inuk activist suffering from acute liver failure says several supporters have volunteered to be her organ donor, but the search for a viable match is being stalled by an Ontario transplant program’s six-month sobriety requirement

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17Dec/17

Potential liver donors offer to help Inuk woman rejected for … – CTV News


CTV News

Potential liver donors offer to help Inuk woman rejected for …
CTV News
TORONTO — A lawyer for an Inuk activist suffering from acute liver failure says several supporters have volunteered to be her organ donor, but the search for a viable match is being stalled by an Ontario transplant program’s six-month sobriety
Indigenous activist rejected for liver transplant showing signs of …Toronto Star

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17Dec/17

Mum will have baby she knows will die to save another child | Metro … – Metro


Metro

Mum will have baby she knows will die to save another child | Metro …
Metro
A brave woman is going to give birth to her baby despite knowing it will die during labour so that she can donate the organs to another dying child. Hayley Martin has known from her 20-week scan that the baby girl she is carrying has a rare genetic
Brave parents’ heartbreaking decision for terminal unborn baby – NZ …New Zealand Herald

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17Dec/17

Organ donation myths – WLS-TV


WLS-TV

Organ donation myths
WLS-TV
Each day, 20 people die waiting for a life-saving organ. And while 95 percent of Americans support organ donation, only 54 percent of them actually sign up to be donors. So why aren’t more people willing to give their organs away? Some myths could be
Should Australia adopt an ‘opt-out’ system for organ donation?Starts at 60
My patient died afraid, waiting for an organ: the law must changeThe Times

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17Dec/17

SPCA looks to fill financial need by New Year’s Eve – Martinsville Bulletin


Martinsville Bulletin

SPCA looks to fill financial need by New Year’s Eve
Martinsville Bulletin
MARTINSVILLE – With less than two weeks remaining in the calendar year, the SPCA of Martinsville-Henry County has a monetary New Year’s Eve wish. By December 31, the shelter hopes to fill a $64,000 need. The SPCA’s Annual Appeal Campaign is the largest