12May/16

New ‘Death cafe’ opens in Bolton to tackle taboos – The Bolton News


The Bolton News

New ‘Death cafe’ opens in Bolton to tackle taboos
The Bolton News
Discussion topics included childhood bereavement, planning future care, funeral planning, how to approach having the ‘Big Conversation’, making memory boxes and organ donation. The cafe took place as part of Dying Matters Awareness Week which is

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12May/16

1 in 30 patients gets organ transplant in China – CCTV


Irish Medical Times

1 in 30 patients gets organ transplant in China
CCTV
There’s an organ donation website in China where about 30 thousand donors are registered. That’s only one in 40-thousand people… In a survey of over 10-thousand people, 34 percent of respondents say they are willing to donate after death, while 66 …
Year-round organ donations ‘a challenge’Irish Medical Times

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12May/16

Donation lag, summer’s arrival, increasing need spur blood donation requests – La Crosse Tribune

Donation lag, summer’s arrival, increasing need spur blood donation requests
La Crosse Tribune
“We have so much support in the surrounding areas to the Loggers, and if we can give back in some way by promoting this blood drive, we’re just happy to do that,” said Loggers owner Dan Kapanke. “We think it’s a responsibility that we have of a good

11May/16

Scam suspect didn’t have to give all raised money to boating victims’ families, defense argues – INFORUM


INFORUM

Scam suspect didn’t have to give all raised money to boating victims’ families, defense argues
INFORUM
BAUDETTE, Minn.—The trial for a Baudette woman accused of stealing from a GoFundMe account she set up for three men who died in a boating accident on Lake of the Woods is moving to a different county, but a judge did not dismiss charges against the …

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