02Apr/17

Mum makes plea for people to sign up to give organs as her 3-year-old son’s life is saved by donation – The Irish Sun


The Irish Sun

Mum makes plea for people to sign up to give organs as her 3-year-old son’s life is saved by donation
The Irish Sun
And his overjoyed parents are sharing his story to encourage others to sign up as donors for Organ Donor Awareness Week which starts today. Peter, from Thurles, Co Tipperary, is one of 296 Irish people who received life-saving transplants last year.

02Apr/17

‘Helen didn’t have a peaceful death, she wanted to live so much’ – thejournal.ie


thejournal.ie

‘Helen didn’t have a peaceful death, she wanted to live so much’
thejournal.ie
In 2016, 280 organ transplants were carried out in Ireland – 230 from 77 deceased donors and the remaining 50 from living kidney donors. About 600 people in Ireland are currently waiting for life-saving heart, lung, liver, kidney and pancreas transplants.

02Apr/17

US govt report criticises India over human rights violations, corruption, lack of transparency – Hindustan Times


Hindustan Times

US govt report criticises India over human rights violations, corruption, lack of transparency
Hindustan Times
The report on ‘Human Rights Practices in India for 2016’ also referred to restrictions on foreign funding of NGOs, including some whose views the government believed were not in the “national or public interest”, female genital mutilation and dowry

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