10Aug/16

Kidney donated to 11-year-old boy who took 18 tablets daily to stay alive – Daily Mail


Daily Mail

Kidney donated to 11-year-old boy who took 18 tablets daily to stay alive
Daily Mail
A Leicestershire man, Edward Batch, 39, decided to support the family in a running event by raising awareness for organ donation through wearing a special t-shirt. … The operation took place around two weeks ago at Birmingham Children’s Hospital.
Why donor Edward Batch decided to give a kidney to Matthew Pietrzyck – a boy, 11, he’d never metLeicester Mercury

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10Aug/16

London man stabbed to death was organ donor who gave kidney to save girl’s life – Daily Mail

London man stabbed to death was organ donor who gave kidney to save girl’s life
Daily Mail
An organ donor who gave a kidney to save a stranger’s life was stabbed to death by a neighbour after a late-night row, a court has heard. John Martin, 41, had been making his way home from a pub in Kingsbury, north west London, on Sunday morning when …

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10Aug/16

Area man gives 500th blood donation – Defiance Crescent News (subscription)


Defiance Crescent News (subscription)

Area man gives 500th blood donation
Defiance Crescent News (subscription)
CECIL — Since 1965, a Cecil man has kept to a more than 50-year commitment to donate his blood. Lonnie Williams, who is a hale and hearty 69 years old, just finished donating blood and platelets on Tuesday afternoon to achieve his goal of giving his …
Red Cross urgently needs late-summer blood donorsKTVZ
American Red Cross in Need of DonorsKEZI TV
Red Cross encouraging blood donations through August – Wandtv …WAND
Rexburg Standard Journal –Lynchburg News and Advance –Norwich Bulletin –RedCrossBlood.org
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10Aug/16

GIANFICARO: Praying for miracles is all about faith – Bucks County Courier Times


Bucks County Courier Times

GIANFICARO: Praying for miracles is all about faith
Bucks County Courier Times
This miracle of miracles, essentially thumbing one’s nose at death, doesn’t end with the donation of a kidney, heart, liver and more, precious gifts that transform dire into delight. That’s not how it works where this greatest of gifts is concerned

10Aug/16

Charlie Sheen urges other HIV-positive stars to come forward – Economic Times


Economic Times

Charlie Sheen urges other HIV-positive stars to come forward
Economic Times
“Organ donation is driven by altruism. Most donors, many of them accident victims with head injuries, land up in government hospitals where organs are harvested. Recipients are mostly in corporate hospitals as there aren’t enough transplant centres in

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10Aug/16

#GoodNews: New research may lead to the development of improved cancer drugs – Economic Times


Economic Times

#GoodNews: New research may lead to the development of improved cancer drugs
Economic Times
“Organ donation is driven by altruism. Most donors, many of them accident victims with head injuries, land up in government hospitals where organs are harvested. Recipients are mostly in corporate hospitals as there aren’t enough transplant centres in

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