20Jun/17

Opioid addiction could be factor in growing number of donor organs: experts – National Post


National Post

Opioid addiction could be factor in growing number of donor organs: experts
National Post
Not all died of an overdose, nor did they all use opioids, but the spokeswoman for B.C. Transplant says the agency is definitely seeing an increase in organs from opioid-related deaths and is continuing to track and analyze the data. The agency doesn’t

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20Jun/17

Opioid-related deaths could be factor in growing number of donor organs: experts – Hamilton Spectator


Hamilton Spectator

Opioid-related deaths could be factor in growing number of donor organs: experts
Hamilton Spectator
OTTAWA – Amid the growing death toll of Canada’s ongoing opioid epidemic, there’s evidence of a correlating increase in the number of healthy human organs available for transplant. The agency that manages organ donations and transplants in British …
25 per cent of organs donated in BC came from fentanyl overdose deathsCaledonia Courier
25 per cent of transplanted organs in BC donated by fentanyl OD victimsCTV News

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20Jun/17

Opioid overdoses could be factor in growing number of donor organs: BC experts – Vancouver Sun


UCSF News Services

Opioid overdoses could be factor in growing number of donor organs: BC experts
Vancouver Sun
OTTAWA — Amid the growing death toll of Canada’s ongoing opioid epidemic, there’s evidence of a correlating increase in the number of healthy human organs available for transplant. The agency that manages organ donations and transplants in British …
Moving Mountains: A Surgeon’s Fight to Legalize HIV-to-HIV Organ TransplantsUCSF News Services

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20Jun/17

Opioid-related deaths could be factor in growing number of donor organs: experts – TheRecord.com


TheRecord.com

Opioid-related deaths could be factor in growing number of donor organs: experts
TheRecord.com
OTTAWA – Amid the growing death toll of Canada’s ongoing opioid epidemic, there’s evidence of a correlating increase in the number of healthy human organs available for transplant. The agency that manages organ donations and transplants in British …

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20Jun/17

Sierra Leone News : “Sierra Leone faces Severe Shortages of Voluntary Blood Donations” says Prof. SM Geveo – Awareness Times


Awareness Times

Sierra Leone News : “Sierra Leone faces Severe Shortages of Voluntary Blood Donations” says Prof. SM Geveo
Awareness Times
Programmes Manager, National Blood Service in the Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MOHS), Professor Sahr Moses Geveo has on Monday 19th June 2017 at the MOHS Conference Room, Youyi Building in Freetown described the current blood bank in the …

20Jun/17

The Opioid Epidemic Could Be Creating More Organ Donations – Huffington Post Canada


Huffington Post Canada

The Opioid Epidemic Could Be Creating More Organ Donations
Huffington Post Canada
OTTAWA — Amid the growing death toll of Canada’s ongoing opioid epidemic, there’s evidence of a correlating increase in the number of healthy human organs available for transplant. The agency that manages organ donations and transplants in British …

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