07Jul/17

Portishead wife urges people to sign organ donation list after giving kidney to ill husband – North Somerset Times


North Somerset Times

Portishead wife urges people to sign organ donation list after giving kidney to ill husband
North Somerset Times
With kidney donors in short supply, younger recipients are prioritised. Nick was told there was a real chance he would not have received one had he joined the transplant list. Ann, aged 51, said: “I made the offer (of a transplant) to him in 2014 when

07Jul/17

After death, MBBS student emerges as saviour for PhD scholar who needed a cardiac transplant – India Today


India Today

After death, MBBS student emerges as saviour for PhD scholar who needed a cardiac transplant
India Today
Dr Kewal Krishan, director of heart transplant at Max Hospital, Saket, told Mail Today, “On July 3, we received a call from NOTTO (National Organ & Tissue Transplant Organisation) for a heart donor in Indore. We also had a patient who needed heart

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06Jul/17

Man killed in motor vehicle collision saves life through organ donation – Cape Breton Post


Cape Breton Post

Man killed in motor vehicle collision saves life through organ donation
Cape Breton Post
IONA – The community is mourning Daniel Playwood, 29, who died as a result of a motor vehicle collision, and praising him for saving a life because he was an organ donor. Many say it is fitting to Playwood’s generous and giving nature. Advertisement.

06Jul/17

Pressure mounts on Theresa May to change organ donor laws as … – Mirror.co.uk


Mirror.co.uk

Pressure mounts on Theresa May to change organ donor laws as …
Mirror.co.uk
Max Johnson, who aged only nine has been waiting for a new heart for six months, told the PM: “I’d love it if you could change the law now, it would help not just …
States consider ‘opt-out’ organ donation policies amid organ …Becker’s Hospital Review
Being an organ donor is your choice, not the state’s to dictate | IOLIndependent Online
Scotland to presume consent for organ donation with “soft opt-out” lawLaw Street Media (blog)

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