07Aug/17

Government mulls eye bank in medical colleges: Deputy CM – Times of India

Government mulls eye bank in medical colleges: Deputy CM
Times of India
Speaking at a programme on the Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Science (IGIMS) premises to mark the beginning of the World Organ Donation Week, he said, “IGIMS has been empowered to declare a patient brain-dead. We also plan to empower other medical

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07Aug/17

Baptist Health Lexington receives highest recognition for organ donor enrollment – The Lane Report

Baptist Health Lexington receives highest recognition for organ donor enrollment
The Lane Report
7, 2017) — Baptist Health Lexington has been awarded platinum recognition – the highest level of recognition possible – in a national campaign for promoting enrollment in state organ donor registries sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and

07Aug/17

Two-time kidney transplant recipient raises awareness for minority organ donation – Chattanooga Times Free Press


Chattanooga Times Free Press

Two-time kidney transplant recipient raises awareness for minority organ donation
Chattanooga Times Free Press
It was a stranger’s choice to become an organ donor that gave Cothran her kidneys, but too few people — particularly minorities — donate organs. That leaves some minority individuals who need organs with genetic compatibility struggling to find matches.

06Aug/17

CESC hosts blood donation programme – Millennium Post

Millennium PostCESC hosts blood donation programmeMillennium PostMembers of the CESC System Control Cultural Association observed its cultural and social service day on Saturday in the city through various programmes including a voluntary blood donatio…