06Dec/17

Flemington’s Saliha Mohamed on a mission to increase organ donation rate in Victoria’s African community – Herald Sun


Herald Sun

Flemington’s Saliha Mohamed on a mission to increase organ donation rate in Victoria’s African community
Herald Sun
While other people her age were studying, working and moving out of home, Ms Mohamed (pictured) was fighting for her life, anxiously waiting for a heart transplant. After a two-year wait, she was fortunate to receive one and now, almost five years

06Dec/17

Flemington’s Saliha Mohamed on a mission to increase organ donation rate in Victoria’s African community – Herald Sun


Herald Sun

Flemington’s Saliha Mohamed on a mission to increase organ donation rate in Victoria’s African community
Herald Sun
While other people her age were studying, working and moving out of home, Ms Mohamed (pictured) was fighting for her life, anxiously waiting for a heart transplant. After a two-year wait, she was fortunate to receive one and now, almost five years

06Dec/17

10-year-old boy hopes for blood donations at NBC 10 Holiday Blood Drive – Turn to 10


Turn to 10

10-year-old boy hopes for blood donations at NBC 10 Holiday Blood Drive
Turn to 10
Then, four years ago, instead of transfusions, they began doing blood exchanges on Matthew. “So, instead of just having blood put in, we can take out some blood, take out his blood, take out the bad stuff and give him blood that’s not sickled,” said

05Dec/17

Remarkable Rutherford Woman: Murfreesboro nurse needs a kidney for Christmas – Murfreesboro Post


Murfreesboro Post

Remarkable Rutherford Woman: Murfreesboro nurse needs a kidney for Christmas
Murfreesboro Post
Potential donors have to submit a blood sample for analysis and undergo a series of evaluations, and may not have any history of diabetes, cancer or serious back problems. Vanderbilt’s team of nurse coordinators, donor advocates and social workers work

05Dec/17

Indianapolis man donates kidney to stranger to save his wife’s life – WTTV CBS4Indy


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Indianapolis man donates kidney to stranger to save his wife’s life
WTTV CBS4Indy
… kidney from a deceased donor could take up to five years. “If you are on the kidney waiting list…you are literally just waiting to die. Which is a very sobering thought and my husband is changing that and he is letting me live,” said Deitz. On

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05Dec/17

Uterus transplant took over a year to prove successful, doctors say – CBS News


CBS News

Uterus transplant took over a year to prove successful, doctors say
CBS News
DALLAS — It took well over a year to determine if a woman who received a womb transplant would become the first in the U.S. to give birth, transplant surgeons in Dallas said Monday. Baylor University Medical Center officials said at a news conference
First baby from a uterus transplant in the US born in DallasNorthwest Herald
First Baby Born In US After Uterus Transplant At Dallas Hospital360Nobs.com

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