29Nov/17

Organ donation in the black community hits all-time low – The Voice Online

The Voice OnlineOrgan donation in the black community hits all-time lowThe Voice OnlineACLT is calling on people from the African Caribbean community to get in touch with them to express their interest in becoming a living organ donor. The charity will…

29Nov/17

Mt. Diablo Unified’s Homeless Outreach Program Works to Promote Happier Holidays – EastCountyToday (press release) (blog)


EastCountyToday (press release) (blog)

Mt. Diablo Unified’s Homeless Outreach Program Works to Promote Happier Holidays
EastCountyToday (press release) (blog)
Each donation directly benefits homeless students and foster youth. Donations of any amount are welcome year round, and considered generous. For additional information, please contact James Wogan, Administrator, School Linked Services, Mt. Diablo

29Nov/17

Mother’s ‘comfort and pride’ as son, 9, saves lives with organ donation after dying at hospital where she works – Evening Standard


Evening Standard

Mother’s ‘comfort and pride’ as son, 9, saves lives with organ donation after dying at hospital where she works
Evening Standard
A doctor whose son died aged nine at the hospital where she works today told how saving the lives of others by donating his organs had brought “great comfort and pride”. Alfie Scott’s kidneys were transplanted into two men after his death at St George

29Nov/17

Canonbury man: ‘My organ donor wife saved three lives when she died – you can do the same’ – Islington Gazette


Islington Gazette

Canonbury man: ‘My organ donor wife saved three lives when she died – you can do the same’
Islington Gazette
Leslie Forbes won a posthumous award for her organ donation, which saved three people’s lives. Picture: NHS Blood and Transplant. Leslie Forbes was a writer, novelist and BBC Radio 3 presenter. She started having seizures out of the blue in 2005.

29Nov/17

Niece’s birthday gift of a kidney strengthens bond with her aunt – Hometownlife.com


Hometownlife.com

Niece’s birthday gift of a kidney strengthens bond with her aunt
Hometownlife.com
When Elizabeth Frost, 30, heard her 72-year-old aunt Joan Ryan, needed a kidney, she knew what to do. Eighteen years after her first kidney transplant, Ryan was experiencing kidney failure. Her husband Tom, a long-time radio/television personality

29Nov/17

‘Organ donation awareness is must’ – The Hitavada


Daily News & Analysis

‘Organ donation awareness is must’
The Hitavada
Any healthy adult above the age of 18 years can be considered for living donation. For deceased donor transplantation, patients between the age of 2 to 70 years are considered as less than 2 years the tissues, organs may be immature, and after the age
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