21Jan/18

Organ Transplant Rate Increases With High Overdose Deaths – U.S. News & World Report


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Organ Transplant Rate Increases With High Overdose Deaths
U.S. News & World Report
The organization saw a “drastic” 37 percent increase in the number of organs transplanted, said Andrew Mullins, Lifeline’s director of partner services. “We know the drug epidemic that’s sweeping our state, and donation has had an effect on transplant
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21Jan/18

Hot-blooded Taiwanese girl calls for blood donation before Chinese New Year as supplies running low – Taiwan News


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Hot-blooded Taiwanese girl calls for blood donation before Chinese New Year as supplies running low
Taiwan News
The legal age to donate blood in Taiwan is 17 years old. Chung Chia-ling (鍾佳凌), who just turned 20 and is a student at the Nursing Department of Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, has donated blood 14 times, which is the most numerous

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21Jan/18

LETTERS: Organ donation after overdose; immigrants make us better – Chillicothe Gazette


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LETTERS: Organ donation after overdose; immigrants make us better
Chillicothe Gazette
The bottom line is: people who die from an overdose have the potential to give the gift of life through organ donation. We are often asked: “won’t drugs be passed from the organ to the recipient?” And the answer is no. Whenever a person dies in a