11May/16

Illinois Organ Donation Registry Reaches Milestone – WNIJ and WNIU


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Illinois Organ Donation Registry Reaches Milestone
WNIJ and WNIU
Illinois’ Secretary of State announced the state’s organ and tissue donor registry reached a milestone this week. Every year about 300 people die waiting for a transplant in Illinois. Secretary of State Jesse White says the number of people willing to
State organ and tissue donor registry hits 6 millionAdVantage News
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11May/16

Indian health ministry sets up call centre for organ donation – International Business Times, India Edition


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Indian health ministry sets up call centre for organ donation
International Business Times, India Edition
India’s health ministry has set up a call centre to provide information related to organ donation, retereival Pictured: Surgeon James Guarrera prepares a donated harvested kidney to transplant into patient Adam Abernathy as part of a five-way organ
Georgia transplant recipient thankful for ‘powerful’ organ donation giftAtlanta Journal Constitution
Students paint for organ donationTimes of India
1 of 11 organ donors is a drug overdose victimChicago Tribune
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11May/16

This Acid Attack Survivor Wants You to Donate Your Skin. Here’s Why – The Better India (blog)

This Acid Attack Survivor Wants You to Donate Your Skin. Here’s Why
The Better India (blog)
Skin banking is a facility where skin is collected from eligible deceased donors and processed as per international protocols. Skin can be stored in the skin bank for up to five years. This stored skin can be used for patients who have deep, chemical

11May/16

DE BLASIO’s ethics watchdog dare — SUCCESS docs assess threats to model — ‘Secret’ CENTRAL PARK revival – Politico


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DE BLASIO’s ethics watchdog dare — SUCCESS docs assess threats to model — ‘Secret’ CENTRAL PARK revival
Politico
‘When an entity goes beyond its legal purview, possibly for the wrong motivations, there’s a point at which you say, enough is enough,’ de Blasio said Tuesday at an unrelated press conference in City Hall. De Blasio’s comments echoed …. He isn’t an

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11May/16

Toxic Entanglements: Big Oil’s Democratic Primary Favorite in California – CounterPunch


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Toxic Entanglements: Big Oil’s Democratic Primary Favorite in California
CounterPunch
Among her maxed out (at $2,700 a piece) Democratic primary donors are Chevron lobbyists Jonathan Mantz and John Raffaelli, plus two Chevron lawyer-lobbyists from the Washington, D.C. firm, Akin Gump—Scott Parven and Brian Pomper—who have, … has a

11May/16

Severe weather alerts deter Oklahoma blood donors – NewsOK.com


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Severe weather alerts deter Oklahoma blood donors
NewsOK.com
Employees leave work early, schools close, evening activities are canceled and people don’t show up to donate blood, said Dr. Jim Smith, with the Oklahoma Blood Institute. “But the need for blood goes on and, unfortunately, can increase,” Smith said.
Guns ‘n Hoses Community Blood Drive Is Set May 16Ponca City News

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