31Dec/16

You are an organ donor in France from January 1 2017, if you don’t opt out – International Business Times, India Edition


International Business Times, India Edition

You are an organ donor in France from January 1 2017, if you don’t opt out
International Business Times, India Edition
Everyone in France is presumed to be an organ donor after their death, and the country is now informing citizens of a new rule through which they can opt out from January 1 2017. Reports state that people will now be allowed to register their refusal

31Dec/16

Britain’s youngest organ donor posthumously honoured for giving … – Cambridge News


Cambridge News

Britain’s youngest organ donor posthumously honoured for giving …
Cambridge News
Hope Lee from Newmarket has been honoured with the Order of St John award for organ donation.
Liver disease: Eastenders storyline raises awareness for organ …Express.co.uk
Transplant survivors hope EastEnders story will encourage more …BT Sport (press release) (subscription) (blog)

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31Dec/16

San Diego organ donor honored in Rose Parade – CBS News 8 … – CBS 8 San Diego

CBS 8 San DiegoSan Diego organ donor honored in Rose Parade – CBS News 8 …CBS 8 San DiegoSAN DIEGO (CBS 8) – A Spring Valley man will be honored and remembered in the Rose Parade on Monday after his organs, tissue and cornea helped save …Rose …

31Dec/16

Hit and run victim’s organ donation saved four lives – Fox17


Fox17

Hit and run victim’s organ donation saved four lives
Fox17
When he turned 30 in August, he decided to become an organ donor when he was renewing his drivers license. “He turned 30 in August and he had sat down because I had been on the donor list for a while and he did his own research and decided that this …

31Dec/16

Year of organ transplants: How 2016 changed these people’s lives – Daily News & Analysis


Daily News & Analysis

Year of organ transplants: How 2016 changed these people’s lives
Daily News & Analysis
Correct diagnosis, chance match within the family, and grieving families’ courage to agree to cadaver organ donation; all have the power to prevent lives from slipping away. Four people share stories with DNA, and assert how important each of these

31Dec/16

Organ, tissue donation support group chooses Naples woman to ride on Rose Parade float – Naples Daily News


Naples Daily News

Organ, tissue donation support group chooses Naples woman to ride on Rose Parade float
Naples Daily News
Her orthopedic surgeon encouraged Wilkinson to consider an allograft procedure, during which she would receive tissue from a deceased donor instead of having to use parts of her hamstring to repair her knee. “A lot of people are fearful of using other …

31Dec/16

Wyoming blood bank expands hours to address donor shortage during holidays – Casper Star-Tribune Online


Casper Star-Tribune Online

Wyoming blood bank expands hours to address donor shortage during holidays
Casper Star-Tribune Online
Throughout the winter months, blood donations can fall as much as 20 percent, and every two seconds every day of the year, a patient in the country needs a blood transfusion, according to UBS, a nonprofit blood collection service. “During the holidays