23Feb/17

Albany considers bill to pay live organ-donors’ costs – Crain’s New York Business


Crain’s New York Business

Albany considers bill to pay live organ-donors‘ costs
Crain’s New York Business
New York is one of 20 states that currently offer a tax incentive for expenses related to living donations. A 2014 study showed the New York tax break increased kidney donations to nonrelatives by 52%. But there are limits to the value of a tax

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23Feb/17

Organ donation to be regulated: Minister – The Hindu

Organ donation to be regulated: Minister
The Hindu
Organ donation will be promoted but regulated too, Minister for Health K.K. Shylaja has said. She was speaking after inaugurating the first screening of ‘Jeevamritham,’ a short film on promoting organ donation produced by CATS Media in association with

23Feb/17

Baby born to become an organ donor – The Times (subscription)


The Times (subscription)

Baby born to become an organ donor
The Times (subscription)
Nineteen weeks pregnant and newly returned from a routine hospital check-up, Keri Young posted an image from an ultrasound scan on Facebook. “This is our daughter’s perfect heart,” she wrote. “She has perfect feet and perfect hands. She has perfect …
Dad’s heartbreaking note to wife carrying baby for organ donationYahoo7 News
Dad Shares Post Honoring His Pregnant Wife Carrying Their Baby …WomansDay.com (blog)
Mom Makes Heartbreaking Decision to Carry Baby to Term So That She Can Be an Organ DonorBabble (blog)
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22Feb/17

Organ donations are wasted due to transit delays | Daily Mail Online – Daily Mail


Daily Mail

Organ donations are wasted due to transit delays | Daily Mail Online
Daily Mail
At least nine hearts and two livers could not reach patients in time last year – prompting the National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO) to …
How it works: Organ transplantation, donation across the U.S. – WKMGWKMG Orlando
Albany considers bill to pay live organdonors‘ costsCrain’s New York Business
Health 101: Organ donation registry could expand – Herald & ReviewHerald & Review
ModernHealthcare.com –WSYM-TV –LaSalle News Tribune
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22Feb/17

Meriden senator pushing bill allowing tax breaks in exchange for donations – Meriden Record-Journal

Meriden senator pushing bill allowing tax breaks in exchange for donations
Meriden Record-Journal
Suzio suggested the fund he seeks to create through legislation could be used for other needs related to social services, including diminishing federal benefits to needy families. “I can think of one thing after the other,” he said. The bill would