04Jan/17

All French citizens are now organ donors unless they opt out – The Independent


The Independent

All French citizens are now organ donors unless they opt out
The Independent
In France, people will now need to sign up to a new National Rejection Register to ensure they do not become organ donors, which medical teams will check at the time of death before considering organ or tissue removal. A total of 150,000 people have …
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04Jan/17

4-year-old boy becomes cadaveric organ donor; saves lives of five – Zee News


Zee News

4-year-old boy becomes cadaveric organ donor; saves lives of five
Zee News
New Delhi: Cadaveric organ donation has gradually caught momentum in a world where people were earlier blinded by emotions and superstitions engraved in their religious and karmic beliefs. We live in a more aware world today, where medical science …
4-year-old’s heart flown from Bengaluru to Chennai to save a patient with heart failureTimes of India

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04Jan/17

France Just Made Every Citizen An Organ Donor, Unless They Opt Out – Huffington Post India

Huffington Post IndiaFrance Just Made Every Citizen An Organ Donor, Unless They Opt OutHuffington Post IndiaA new law in France makes everyone organ and tissue donors, unless individuals specifically register to withdraw from the program. Before 2017, …