16Aug/16

Teenager who suffered burns is patched up using grafts from … – Daily Mail

Teenager who suffered burns is patched up using grafts from …Daily MailAlexandra Hollingsworth, 18, from Memphis, caught fire after taking part in a game which involved igniting alcohol. She has had more than 20 operations to help …and more&nb…

16Aug/16

Deaths of Riley Baker and Brittany Arthur spark calls for more organ donations – The Press


The Press

Deaths of Riley Baker and Brittany Arthur spark calls for more organ donations
The Press
The deaths of two young South Islanders who donated their organs, saving up to 17 lives, have prompted calls from their families and clinicians for more people to “give life”. Riley Baker, 26, and Brittany Arthur, 20, died in Dunedin Hospital after a
Death prompts warning | Otago Daily Times Online NewsOtago Daily Times

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16Aug/16

MP: Woman spreads awareness on organ donation – Hindustan Times


Hindustan Times

MP: Woman spreads awareness on organ donation
Hindustan Times
All of 25, Ayushi Dutta is on a mission to spread awareness about organ donation among the tribal people in Madhya Pradesh. The mission began three years ago when she donated a kidney to her mother Anuradha. “Our freedom fighters sacrificed their lives …

16Aug/16

Iconic Welsh landmark in world-wide blood donation campaign – ITV News


ITV News

Iconic Welsh landmark in world-wide blood donation campaign
ITV News
An iconic Welsh landmark has joined in on world-wide campaign to encourage people to become blood donors. The letters A, B and O are to disappear from famous landmarks across the world as part of a campaign encouraging people to become blood …
Falls in current and new blood donors over 10 yearsBBC News
Masterplan to boost blood donationWigan Today
Blood donation is an amazing gift and transfusions save lives in Dorset every day – but we need more donors”Dorset Echo
Ipswich Star –WalesOnline
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16Aug/16

Tennesseans support organ donation in theory but not in practice – Chattanooga Times Free Press


Chattanooga Times Free Press

Tennesseans support organ donation in theory but not in practice
Chattanooga Times Free Press
As a result, far more Tennesseans are in need of an organ donation than will ever receive one. “There are roughly 110,000 recipients looking for kidneys on a list right now,” said Dr. Dan Fisher, a surgeon with University Surgical Associates in

16Aug/16

Vanderbilt Spending $1.2 Million To Take ‘Confederate’ Off Building – Daily Caller

Vanderbilt Spending $1.2 Million To Take ‘Confederate’ Off Building
Daily Caller
The group won, with a Tennessee state court saying the name could only go if Vanderbilt returned the original $50,000 donation adjusted for inflation, which today amounts to $1.2 million. (RELATED: College Offers Counseling For Victims Of Confederate …

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