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 … |
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 all 73 news articles » |
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 … |
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 … |
Dead teen’s family takes comfort from organ donation – Kitsap Sun
Kitsap Sun |
Dead teen’s family takes comfort from organ donation
Kitsap Sun POULSBO — Emily Ramm signed up as an organ donor — with her parents’ approval — when she got her learner’s permit. Little did her family know that within a year, they’d be honoring her wishes. Emily, 16, died Saturday at Tacoma General Hospital of … |
‘Tamil Nadu has better awareness on organ donation than Europe’ – The Hindu
|
‘Tamil Nadu has better awareness on organ donation than Europe’
The Hindu Tamil Nadu sees nearly 80 per cent of the relatives of brain dead people agreeing to donate organs of the victims and this is more than the 60 per cent that is seen in Europe, said transplant coordinator for the Government of Tamil Nadu J … |
Organ donation has gone up by 20% in district, says doctor – Times of India
Times of IndiaOrgan donation has gone up by 20% in district, says doctorTimes of IndiaCOIMBATORE: Organ donation has gone up 20% in the district in the first half of 2016 compared to last year, said Dr Praveen Palanivel speaking at the Gift An Organ in…
Rock River Valley Blood Center in need of donations – WIFR
WIFRRock River Valley Blood Center in need of donationsWIFR… locations or at a mobile blood drive. Donors must be at least 17 years old or 16 with parental consent and weight at least 110 pounds. For more information about blood drives in your area a…
US organ network mapping a path to fairer liver transplants – WABC-TV
WABC-TV |
US organ network mapping a path to fairer liver transplants
WABC-TV Livers are offered first to the sickest patients as determined by a ranking, a so-called MELD score, which uses laboratory tests to predict their current risk of death. The nation’s 11 transplant regions are subdivided into local areas with individual … Organ network mapping path to fairer liver transplantsCBS News Group Looks at New Plan for Liver TransplantsNBCNews.com |
Donated blood makes difference for mum – New Zealand Herald
Donated blood makes difference for mumNew Zealand HeraldShe never received clear answers on the reasons for her severe bleeding, but understands it may have been related to having a large baby – Te Ahi was more than 10 pounds (4.5kg). … Ms Makene enc…