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New documentary Vital Bonds highlights the emotional toll and scientific breakthroughs of organ donation
Edmonton Examiner For many people, choosing to be an organ donor is merely a kind gesture made by filling in a check box on the back of their health-care card. It’s one that can even go forgotten over time. However, that gesture can have dramatic ramifications for the … |
After losing son to heroin addiction, family’s organ donation … – CBS News
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After losing son to heroin addiction, family’s organ donation …
CBS News After 33-year-old died of a heroin overdose in the living room, his parents and sisters gave his organs to patients in need. |
A family’s loss to opioid addiction becomes a gift to others – CBS News
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A family’s loss to opioid addiction becomes a gift to others
CBS News The heroin epidemic has brought tragedy to thousands of families, but some have found comfort in a trend quietly picking up momentum. The Grugan family of Pennsylvania is among those who’ve donated the organs of a loved one who died from a drug … |
How Surgeons Stay Focused for Hours – Wall Street Journal
Wall Street JournalHow Surgeons Stay Focused for HoursWall Street JournalMembers of the abdominal-organ transplant team at Montefiore Einstein Center for Transplantation, in Bronx, N.Y., have carefully honed strategies they use inside the operating roo…
Indonesia’s much-needed organ bank on the way – Jakarta Post
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Indonesia’s much-needed organ bank on the way
Jakarta Post However, in Indonesia, it is rare to find people who wish to become deceased donors, he said. Tunggul is not aware of any local case of a kidney failure patient receiving an organ from a deceased donor. If the patients got kidney transplants, they came … |
Family keeps memory alive by donating blood – Midland Daily News
Midland Daily NewsFamily keeps memory alive by donating bloodMidland Daily NewsChristine Johnson and her family are thankful for the blood donors that helped her son Dalton during his battle with Leukemia. After a diagnosis at the age of 5, and multipl…
Urgent need to restructure SA’s organ transplant process – Bizcommunity.com
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Urgent need to restructure SA’s organ transplant process
Bizcommunity.com Despite organ donor numbers having increased, the number of organ transplants have declined in South Africa, going from 1,628 in 2002 to a mere 518 two years ago. The critical point is the process of organ procurement and that there exists a need for … |
Blood, sweat, and queers: gay men and blood donation | The … – The Mancunion
The MancunionBlood, sweat, and queers: gay men and blood donation | The …The MancunionTom Chadwick discusses the bar on gay men donating blood, and finds it to be outdated. 16th November 2016 in Debate, Opinion, Society · Tom Chadwick.and more…
Where India Stands On Kidney Transplants – NDTV
NDTVWhere India Stands On Kidney TransplantsNDTVAccording to the Indian Transplant Registry, a non-governmental initiative by the Indian Society of Organ Transplantation, out of the 21,395 kidneys transplanted in India between 1971 and 2015, only 783 w…
After losing son to heroin addiction, family’s organ donation becomes transplant gift – CBS News
After losing son to heroin addiction, family’s organ donation becomes transplant gift CBS NewsAfter 33-year-old died of a heroin overdose in the living room, his parents and sisters gave his organs to patients in need.