21Dec/17

CF campaigner Orla Tinsley recovering in hospital following double lung transplant – Independent.ie


Independent.ie

CF campaigner Orla Tinsley recovering in hospital following double lung transplant
Independent.ie
Ms Tinsley, a Kildare-born journalist, has been at the forefront of the fight to improve awareness and services of CF has written extensively on the subject. Her campaign work was instrumental in the opening of a dedicated CF unit in St Vincent’s

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21Dec/17

Marrakech Race to Promote Organ Donation – Morocco World News


Morocco World News

Marrakech Race to Promote Organ Donation
Morocco World News
Rabat – “Running to save lives!” is the new slogan of Marrakech’s Mohammed V University Hospital Center, which wants to promote organ donation in Morocco. The hospital is holding this Sunday its first 7-kilometer race under the theme “I run, I support
Hospitals promoting organ donation to all its staff, patients and visitorsChampion Newspapers

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21Dec/17

CUK’s Blood Donation Camp: VC Appreciates donors – Kashmir Life


Kashmir Life

CUK’s Blood Donation Camp: VC Appreciates donors
Kashmir Life
Central University’s Directorate of Students Welfare (DSW) and Health Centre on Thursday organised a blood donation camp at CUK’s, Nowgam-I academic block, in collaboration with the Department of Hematology and Transfusion Medicine, Government Medical

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21Dec/17

We like to think the rules guiding organ transplant eligibility are fair … – CBC.ca


CBC.ca

We like to think the rules guiding organ transplant eligibility are fair …
CBC.ca
Exclusion criteria leave room for considerable discretion. Stereotypes based on social status, gender and race could play into a health care practitioner’s conclusion that a person lacks sufficient social support to ensure adherence to follow-up care

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21Dec/17

30 years on, Northern Ireland mum given Christmas gift of life, thanks to kidney donor – Belfast Telegraph


Belfast Telegraph

30 years on, Northern Ireland mum given Christmas gift of life, thanks to kidney donor
Belfast Telegraph
Noreen is now an organ donation campaigner and has been raising awareness of the importance of carrying donor cards. She continued: “The person whose kidney I have gave me my life back and there are no words. I look at my family and without that person