24Feb/18

Our View: Give big, Green Bay, and help area agencies – Green Bay Press Gazette


Green Bay Press Gazette

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

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24Feb/18

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

24Feb/18

MAX’S LAW: Plans to make organ donation an opt OUT decision pass major milestone – Blackpool Gazette


Blackpool Gazette

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

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24Feb/18

Sunderland MP Julie Elliott speaks of her delight after Commons backs new law on organ donation – Sunderland Echo


Sunderland Echo

Sunderland MP Julie Elliott speaks of her delight after Commons backs new law on organ donation
Sunderland Echo
… the family had coped with Rebecca’s illness in the debate had been an emotional experience: “I have been in tears a couple of times,” she said. She told MPs Rebecca – a married mum-of-one – had been referred to the renal unit of the Freeman

24Feb/18

MPs back ‘Max’s Bill’ for organ donation opt-out system – Metro


Metro

MPs back ‘Max’s Bill’ for organ donation opt-out system
Metro
MPs have voted to support a change in the law on organ donation that could save countless lives every year. The Organ Donation Bill will introduce an ‘opt-out’ process following similar systems in Wales and Scotland. Prince Harry’s invited not one but
UK Moves Toward Making Adults Presumed Organ DonorsNew York Times
Organ donation consent law change could ‘undermine’ public trust, ethics experts warnThe Independent
Organ Donation: Everything you need to knowITV News
The Sun –Evening Standard –YouGov –The Times
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24Feb/18

Drug overdoses contribute to record number of organ donors … – Moberly Monitor Index


Moberly Monitor Index

Drug overdoses contribute to record number of organ donors …
Moberly Monitor Index
Two days before he died of a drug overdose, Tony Shires stripped off his shirt in the middle of Circleville’s Pumpkin Show to sop up his 5-year-old nephew’s bloody nose.Even when he was high, Tony was looking out for others, said sister Kelsey Shires

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24Feb/18

Organ donation memorial tree unveiled at Boston’s Pilgrim Hospital – Boston Standard


Boston Standard

Organ donation memorial tree unveiled at Boston’s Pilgrim Hospital
Boston Standard
It follows the creation of another organ donation memorial at Lincoln County Hospital, a site also run by ULHT. Natalie Dillamore, junior sister on the intensive care unit at Pilgrim Hospital, spoke of the significance of the installation, saying: “The