08May/17

New headquarters for HSE Organ and Donation Transplant Ireland … – Irish Examiner


Irish Examiner

New headquarters for HSE Organ and Donation Transplant Ireland …
Irish Examiner
Health Minister Simon Harris is today opening a new headquarters for the HSE Organ and Donation Transplant Ireland office. Based at St George’s Church on …
More hospitals to conduct human organ transplants – Global TimesGlobal Times

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08May/17

Organ donation should be compulsory says Moray dad saved by heart transplant – Press and Journal


Press and Journal

Organ donation should be compulsory says Moray dad saved by heart transplant
Press and Journal
A dad whose life was saved when he was given a new heart has called for organ donation to be made “compulsory for everyone”. Richard Heaney was on the brink of death when he underwent a transplant operation aged only 40. Now, months on from the …

08May/17

Federal budget 2017: Living donors to get expenses covered in bid to improve organ donations – ABC Online


The Salem News

Federal budget 2017: Living donors to get expenses covered in bid to improve organ donations
ABC Online
Mr Hunt said the rates of living organ donation, such as the donation of a kidney or part of the liver, had fallen by 19 per cent since 2009. “This is about providing support to organ donors who are making a contribution for a part of their kidney to a
Our view: There aren’t enough chances to sign up for organ donationThe Salem News

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08May/17

Red Cross blood donation call draws robust response – EJ Insight


EJ Insight

Red Cross blood donation call draws robust response
EJ Insight
More than 2,000 people have heeded a call to donate blood and fill Hong Hong’s dwindling blood bank. The Hong Kong Red Cross saw 1,300 and 1,100 donors on Friday and Saturday, respectively, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reports, citing Secretary …
How Red Cross Australia is improving customer experience for its …Which-50 (blog)
Red Cross to hold blood donation eventWicked Local Norwell
Donate blood today and get a T-shirt – The NationThe Nation
Hong Kong Standard (press release) –Tulsa World
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08May/17

Pak, Iran surgeons perform liver transplantations – The Nation


The Express Tribune

Pak, Iran surgeons perform liver transplantations
The Nation
An estimated 100,000 liver transplants are required every year and this can only be achieved through deceased organ donation where the patients dying in ICU on ventilators can donate kidneys and liver after family’s consent. Deceased organ donation can …
Six people undergo successful liver transplants at SIUTPakistan Today

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