16Aug/16

Mannai Air Travel holds blood donation drive – Peninsula On-line


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Mannai Air Travel holds blood donation drive
Peninsula On-line
The Peninsula. DOHA: Mannai Air Travel, along with the company’s travel service divisions — Mannai Holidays, Space Travel and VFS — organised a blood donation drive on Saturday. The blood donation was conducted in cooperation with Hamad Medical …

16Aug/16

Bone marrow-derived stem cells offer blood transplant patients better quality of life – Medical Xpress

Bone marrow-derived stem cells offer blood transplant patients better quality of life
Medical Xpress
A large, nationwide study published in the journal JAMA Oncology found that people who received transplants of cells collected from a donor’s bone marrow the original source for blood stem cell transplants, developed decades ago had better self

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16Aug/16

Govt panel to revise organ donation procedures – Times of India

Govt panel to revise organ donation procedures
Times of India
Mumbai: The state government will set up a committee to tweak the standard operating procedures (SOP) for organ donation so that all parties concerned—doctors and the authorities—are satisfied. The committee will be headed by state public health

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16Aug/16

VA denies veteran’s perfect kidney match – 11alive.com


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VA denies veteran’s perfect kidney match
11alive.com
According to McBride, the VA will not pay to harvest organs from deceased donors if the operation happens at non-VA facilities. The legislation filed only covers living donors. “We need more than living donations. The majority comes from deceased donors.
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