09Jan/17

nodetitle: Red Cross issues urgent call for blood donors – The Daily Gazette


The Daily Gazette

nodetitle: Red Cross issues urgent call for blood donors
The Daily Gazette
With quick turn around from donor to recipient, seasonal decline in donations around the holidays, and weather-related blood drive cancellations last month, the Red Cross — which provides about 40 percent of the country’s blood — made an “emergency” …
Uncertainty in blood supply chains creating challenges for industryThe Conversation US

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09Jan/17

Organ donation: Automatic route could work in India – Financial Express


Financial Express

Organ donation: Automatic route could work in India
Financial Express
According to data from Organ India report in 2014, the organ donation rate in India was 0.26 per million in the country—one-hundredth of that of the US and a minuscule proportion of that in Spain (35.3) and Croatia (36.5). Though one reason for this
Over 5000 register for organ donationTimes of India

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09Jan/17

Brave Corinne Hutton has one wish for 2017… that this year she’ll finally get double hand transplant – The Sunday Post


The Sunday Post

Brave Corinne Hutton has one wish for 2017… that this year she’ll finally get double hand transplant
The Sunday Post
Corinne was well past her summer disappointment by the time Organ Donation Week came around in September. And she made the biggest awareness impact for years. She put herself in the hands of a medical illustrator who body-painted all her internal …

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08Jan/17

IMA to promote eye, organ donation – Chandigarh Tribune

IMA to promote eye, organ donationChandigarh TribuneTo promote eye and organ donation in India, the Indian Medical Association (IMA), an NGO of allopathic doctors, has decided to launch a campaign at its branch and state levels. The campaign will be la…