13Jan/17

United Blood Services issues urgent need for blood donation – Valley News Live


Valley News Live

United Blood Services issues urgent need for blood donation
Valley News Live
FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) Recent severe winter storms across the U.S. have put additional pressure on the nation’s blood supply, which is already trying to recover from low donor turnout over the holidays. With heavy rain and areas of flooding in
Appeal To Clare Blood DonorsClare FM
Low blood supply remains a concernOrange Leader

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13Jan/17

India launches organ donation awareness drive to check black market trade – The Independent


The Independent

India launches organ donation awareness drive to check black market trade
The Independent
MUMBAI, Jan 10 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Doctors in India will now get text alerts reminding them to ask families to donate organs of their deceased loved ones as part of a nationwide campaign to solve the country’s organ shortage that has fuelled

13Jan/17

Musician joins unique pop band to promote organ donation – Runcorn and Widnes World


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Musician joins unique pop band to promote organ donation
Runcorn and Widnes World
A WIDNES musician who is only alive through the kindness of stranger has joined a unique pop band made up of transplant recipients. Halton Council press officer Mark Allen received a double lung transplant in 2005 and is a European table tennis …
Organ transplants increased almost 20 percent since 2012NephrologyNews.com
Doctors hail China’s pledge to stop harvesting inmate organsKamsack Times
How Spain became the dominant global player in organ transplantsLifeZette
MedPage Today
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13Jan/17

In hospital awaiting her third liver transplant, Lucia decided to become crusader for organ donation and ‘Live … – Belfast Telegraph


Belfast Telegraph

In hospital awaiting her third liver transplant, Lucia decided to become crusader for organ donation and ‘Live
Belfast Telegraph
I had a week in the Royal and was then sent to the specialised liver unit in Birmingham Children’s Hospital. “Within a week of being in Birmingham I became very ill, very quickly.” Shortly after arriving in England – and two just … “I started this

13Jan/17

A living kidney donor writes: ‘We need to encourage more donors – living or deceased’ – thejournal.ie


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A living kidney donor writes: ‘We need to encourage more donors – living or deceased
thejournal.ie
Getting yourself on the deceased donors list is generally the first step. However there is approximately a three-year wait for a deceased kidney donor and that all depends on finding a compatible kidney. A kidney from a living donor offers a much

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