TheFix.comFueled By Opioid Deaths, Organ Transplant Rates Reach Record HighTheFix.comIn 2015, organ transplants increased by 8.5%, totaling 33,606 transplants across the country last year. The number of transplants has risen 19.8% since 2012, driven in…
HMC performs Qatar’s first liver transplant from living donor – The Peninsula Qatar
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HMC performs Qatar’s first liver transplant from living donor
The Peninsula Qatar Since the commencement of the liver transplant programme at HMC all transplants were performed from deceased donors. The latest transplant takes the total number of liver transplants in Qatar to 17. Each year, between 20 and 25 patients are added to … |
East Tennessee family benefits from MEDIC blood donations – WATE 6 On Your Side
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East Tennessee family benefits from MEDIC blood donations
WATE 6 On Your Side KNOXVILLE (WATE) – This week is Roll Up Your Sleeve Week, encouraging you to donate your blood through MEDIC Regional Blood Center during a month when its supply gets low. Many families in East Tennessee have stories about how MEDIC has … |
Opt-out system for organ donation? – Jersey Evening Post
Jersey Evening Post |
Opt-out system for organ donation?
Jersey Evening Post AN opt-out system of organ donation – where people would have to choose to come off the donor register – could be introduced in Jersey if Islanders back the proposal, the Health Minister has said. Yesterday, Senator Andrew Green announced in the States … |
Hundreds of lives saved – Castanet.net
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Hundreds of lives saved
Castanet.net For the second year in a row, the number of overall deceased donors is also up thanks to a concentrated effort from health care staff across B.C., and increasing public awareness and support for organ donation. “This is good news coming out of the … |
High-donor-volume hospitals recover more transplantable organs … – Medical Xpress
High-donor-volume hospitals recover more transplantable organs …Medical XpressHospitals that manage the highest volume of deceased organ donors are 52 percent more likely to recover an above-average number of transplantable organs …and more&nb…
Save a life this month. – Jennings Daily News
Save a life this month.Jennings Daily NewsJanuary is National Blood Donor Awareness month, and there is generally a shorter supply of blood during the winter months. About one in seven people in the U.S. entering a hospital are in need of blood and abo…
This Man Will Give His Wife A Kidney For Their 20th Wedding Anniversary – Bravo (blog)
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This Man Will Give His Wife A Kidney For Their 20th Wedding Anniversary
Bravo (blog) “Doctors have told them that Scott is the cleanest donor candidate he has seen in five years. This couple was truly meant to be. The challenges they’ve faced together as a family of eight would tear many couples apart. But this couple just gets … |
High-donor-volume hospitals recover more transplantable organs per donor – EurekAlert (press release)
High-donor-volume hospitals recover more transplantable organs per donorEurekAlert (press release)CHICAGO (January 18, 2016): Hospitals that manage the highest volume of deceased organ donors are 52 percent more likely to recover an above-average numbe…
Red Cross combatting severe blood shortage due to winter weather – WAND
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Red Cross combatting severe blood shortage due to winter weather
WAND ILLINOIS – The American Red Cross is urging residents to donate blood and platelets after several rounds of severe winter weather caused a shortage in donations. Red Cross officials say around 300 blood drives across 27 states have had to cancel due to … Red Cross needs emergency blood donationsKansas State Collegian American Red Cross seeks blood donationsParkersburg News American Red Cross needs blood donations6 On Your Side Paste Magazine –Martinsville Bulletin –WBTW – Myrtle Beach and Florence SC –RedCrossBlood.org all 38 news articles » |