05Jan/18

Anglesey man whose wife provided ‘gift of life’ encourages families to talk about organ donation – Rhyl Journal


Rhyl Journal

Anglesey man whose wife provided ‘gift of life’ encourages families to talk about organ donation
Rhyl Journal
AN RAF Valley man has told how giving others ‘the gift of life’ after donating his wife’s organs brought “great comfort” to his family. Graham Heighton said he was “devastated” when his 67-year-old wife Catherine Maria Heighton died at Ysbyty Gwynedd

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05Jan/18

S’pore woman posts public plea for bone marrow donors to save friend with leukaemia – Mothership.sg


Mothership.sg

S’pore woman posts public plea for bone marrow donors to save friend with leukaemia
Mothership.sg
In an interview with The New Paper, a haematologist Lim Zi Yi said finding a bone marrow match depends on the donor and recipient’s human leukocyte antigen types (in simple terms, how your body’s immune system responds to new things being introduced to

05Jan/18

Government employees will now get paid leaves for making blood donations – YourStory.com


YourStory.com

Government employees will now get paid leaves for making blood donations
YourStory.com
According to the NDTV, the government data’s analysis showed that few states face shortage while others are wasting blood due to its excess. According to One India, only 2.5 crore blood units is available while the country requires five crore units of

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05Jan/18

Geography plays a large role in organ donation – Bend Bulletin


Bend Bulletin

Geography plays a large role in organ donation
Bend Bulletin
This is partly because of the city’s lower than average rates of death from medical conditions that hold the greatest potential for organ donation. But New York’s donor service area is also among the worst at convincing patients to become donors. While

05Jan/18

S’pore woman posts public plea for bone marrow donors to save friend with leukaemia – Mothership.sg


Mothership.sg

S’pore woman posts public plea for bone marrow donors to save friend with leukaemia
Mothership.sg
In an interview with The New Paper, a haematologist Lim Zi Yi said finding a bone marrow match depends on the donor and recipient’s human leukocyte antigen types (in simple terms, how your body’s immune system responds to new things being introduced to