27Jul/17

Gift of Life MOTTEP LIFE Walk/Run celebrates 20 years – The Detroit News


The Detroit News

Gift of Life MOTTEP LIFE Walk/Run celebrates 20 years
The Detroit News
When Terra DeFoe encouraged her then-18-year-old son Emilio to sign up at the Secretary of State’s office to become an organ donor and place a red heart on his drivers license, she told him it was a good thing to do and explain it was the reason his …

26Jul/17

Woman who had two kidney transplants set to compete at Games – Aberdeen Evening Express


Aberdeen Evening Express

Woman who had two kidney transplants set to compete at Games
Aberdeen Evening Express
The aim of the games is to raise awareness of the need for more people to join the NHS Organ Donation Register. … She then had to have haemodialysis, three times a week, for four years until she had her second transplant last year. Kate said: “My

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26Jul/17

Organ donor registrations top six million but 1.7 million say no – DutchNews.nl


DutchNews.nl

Organ donor registrations top six million but 1.7 million say no
DutchNews.nl
The number of people who have registered their objections to organ donation in the Dutch national register has reached 1.7 million – or 41% of those eligible to do so – according to new figures from national statistics agency CBS. In total, more than

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26Jul/17

Brian plans 34km run, Mannum to Murray Bridge, for organ donation | MAP – The Murray Valley Standard

Brian plans 34km run, Mannum to Murray Bridge, for organ donation | MAP
The Murray Valley Standard
“While I was out on a run about six months ago I felt a need to do something with my running, to bring awareness or raise money, and I’ve had some personal contact with organ donation so I decided to do that,” he said. “With Mandii and her eyes

26Jul/17

AP Interview: China to lead in organ transplants by 2020 – ABC News


ABC News

AP Interview: China to lead in organ transplants by 2020
ABC News
FILE – In this Wednesday, May 15, 2013, file photo, 28 year old Fang Hui shows off the scar from a living donor organ transplant operation where she received a portion of her sister’s liver, at a hospital in Hangzhou in eastern China’s Zhejiang province.

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