07Jul/17

Organ donation: Opt-out or opt-in? – Baylor College of Medicine News (press release) (blog)


Baylor College of Medicine News (press release) (blog)

Organ donation: Opt-out or opt-in?
Baylor College of Medicine News (press release) (blog)
Currently, states’ laws require individuals to ‘opt-in’ if they wish to be organ donors. This means that your critical organs cannot be harvested unless 1) you have explicitly communicated that you wish to be an organ donor and 2) you are dead. Many

07Jul/17

Nearly 500 people are alive now in East Sussex thanks to organ … – Eastbourne Herald

Eastbourne HeraldNearly 500 people are alive now in East Sussex thanks to organ …Eastbourne HeraldThe number of people living in East Sussex currently known to be alive thanks to organ transplants has reached 483.Award-winning actress Eva Birthistle …

07Jul/17

Portishead wife urges people to sign organ donation list after giving kidney to ill husband – North Somerset Times


North Somerset Times

Portishead wife urges people to sign organ donation list after giving kidney to ill husband
North Somerset Times
With kidney donors in short supply, younger recipients are prioritised. Nick was told there was a real chance he would not have received one had he joined the transplant list. Ann, aged 51, said: “I made the offer (of a transplant) to him in 2014 when