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Gift of Life Network credits hospitals for more organ donors than ever
TimminsToday TORONTO – Thanks to the commitment of Ontario hospitals more organ donors gave the gift of life in the 2016/17 fiscal year than ever before. “Our year-end donation performance data shows the commitment of designated hospitals to making organ and tissue … |
Would an ‘Opt Out’ System Solve Organ Donation Shortage? – Healthline
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Would an ‘Opt Out’ System Solve Organ Donation Shortage?
Healthline Under this setup, you are automatically an organ donor unless you make the effort to take your name off the list. The United States currently uses an explicit consent, or “opt-in,” system for organ donation, although on a state-by-state basis. By … |
Miss Earth winners to promote blood donation – Philippine Star
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Miss Earth winners to promote blood donation
Philippine Star Under the DOH’s National Voluntary Blood Service Program, reigning Miss Earth Katherine Espin (2016), Angelia Gabrena Ong (2015) and Jamie Herrell (2014) will be launching a 30-second advertisement that promotes blood donation among women. File. |
LETTERS, July 18: Consider organ donation – Opinion – Wilmington … – StarNewsOnline.com
LETTERS, July 18: Consider organ donation – Opinion – Wilmington …StarNewsOnline.comGive the gift of life EDITOR: In December 2015, my husband was diagnosed with end-stage renal disease, otherwise known as kidney failure. The diagnosis …and mo…
Morris Hospital staff expresses appreciation for organ donor families – The Herald-News
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Morris Hospital staff expresses appreciation for organ donor families
The Herald-News MORRIS – A special ceremony was held at Morris Hospital on May 25 to commemorate the start of a new tradition: each time an organ donation is in process at Morris Hospital, the Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network flag will fly underneath the … |
Bangladeshi cabinet approves proposal on organ transplant donation – Xinhua
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Bangladeshi cabinet approves proposal on organ transplant donation
Xinhua The draft of the “Organ Transplantation Act (Amendment) 2017” approves of grandparents, grandchildren and first cousins as potential donors. The existing 1999 law allows only siblings, children, parents, spouses, and blood-related aunts and uncles to … |
Earthquakes, Marawi siege spur DOH drive for voluntary blood … – GMA News
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Earthquakes, Marawi siege spur DOH drive for voluntary blood …
GMA News The DOH called on Filipinos to voluntarily donate blood for emergency medical efforts and to address the gap in the country’s safe blood supply. Current … |
Why the Irish must now opt out of organ donation – IrishCentral
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Why the Irish must now opt out of organ donation
IrishCentral One third of Irish people carry organ donor cards and Ireland currently has one of the highest organ donation rates in the world – 20.3 per million people (pmp). That figure, however, fluctuates from year to year and has varied from 20.6 in 2011 to … |
Nearly 800 lives have been saved thanks to organ donation – Nottingham Post
Nearly 800 lives have been saved thanks to organ donationNottingham PostDebra Barlow, 52, from Mansfield Woodhouse, underwent a double lung transplant in October 2015 after contracting chicken pox pneumonia in 2006 which severely damaged her lungs. She…
Credihealth develops new system for organ transplants – BSI bureau (press release)
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Credihealth develops new system for organ transplants
BSI bureau (press release) In India, there are three different systems for living organ donation. In “living near-related donors” category, only immediate blood relations are usually accepted as donors. The second category is that of “living non-near relative donors” while “Swap … |