09Jun/16

Video: Increasing organ donation rates – SunLive


SunLive

Video: Increasing organ donation rates
SunLive
Consultations led by the Ministry of Health on ways to increase New Zealand’s deceased organ donation rate are now underway. Donated organs can come from both deceased and live donors (in the case of kidneys and livers), while one deceased donor …
Bishop welcomes organ donation reviewScoop.co.nz (press release)
Organ donation attitude citedOtago Daily Times
Advice to boost Maori organ donation soughtwaateanews.com

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07Jun/16

Kidney sale racket: Delhi cops arrest three donors – Firstpost


Firstpost

Kidney sale racket: Delhi cops arrest three donors
Firstpost
“India has a demand of more than 500,000 organs every year. But we get around 3,000 cadaver organ donations,” said Sunayana Singh, the chief executive of the Organ Receiving and Giving Awareness Network (ORGAN). “Patients who don’t get organs …
India’s organ shortages spur illegal transplantsNikkei Asian Review
Apollo transplant scandal: Explaining the kidney market rulesThe Indian Express

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06Jun/16

Gridlock: The Inability to Do Research in Deceased Donors to Improve Transplant Organ Quality and Quantity – Huffington Post


Huffington Post

Gridlock: The Inability to Do Research in Deceased Donors to Improve Transplant Organ Quality and Quantity
Huffington Post
Recently, there was an example of how incredibly effective a very simple research intervention in deceased donors — cooling by 2-3°C — can be to improve the function of kidneys after transplantation. Kidneys from “cool” donors were 60 percent more
Revamp planned to boost rates of organ donationStuff.co.nz
Govt looks to increase organ donation rateNZCity
How cadaver organ donation could turn government hospitals into donor bases that cater to the affluentEconomic Times
The Dominion Post –The Hindu –Daily Pioneer
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04Jun/16

Do Lafzon Ki Kahani stars Randeep Hooda and Kajal Aggarwal to donate their eyes – India.com


India.com

Do Lafzon Ki Kahani stars Randeep Hooda and Kajal Aggarwal to donate their eyes
India.com
TOI quoted the 30-year-old actress saying, “Randeep and I feel strongly towards this cause as eyes are one of the most important sensory organs in the human body since they render vision. There should be widespread awareness programmes and activities …

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