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PIMS, GE organize blood donation camp
Pakistan Observer Islamabad—Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) Blood Bank organized a blood donation camp in collaboration with General Electric (GE), Pakistan here on Friday. The objective of the camp was to create awareness among the GE staff about safe … |
Surge in organ donors – Castanet.net
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Surge in organ donors
Castanet.net In 2009, B.C.’s deceased donor rate (as opposed to living donors) was 7.2 per million people. Six years later, it increased to 20 per million people. The national rate is 16.6 per million (2014). There were 95 deceased donors in BC in 2015, and 32 in 2009. |
Airdrie man awaiting double lung transplant issues plea for organ donation – CTV News
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Airdrie man awaiting double lung transplant issues plea for organ donation
CTV News As Mark Dolter spends his 219th consecutive day in the Peter Lougheed Centre’s intensive care unit, the 51-year-old is sharing his story in the hopes that more people will sign the organ donor form on their health care cards. Dolter has been diagnosed … |
Student will die of aggressive leukaemia within two months if she doesn’t find stem cell donor – Mirror.co.uk
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Student will die of aggressive leukaemia within two months if she doesn’t find stem cell donor
Mirror.co.uk Her hopes now rest on finding a closer match from an unrelated donor. She said: “I’m blessed to love what I do, so I was desperate to get back to my studies. “I asked if I could go back to uni, and I remember the doctors looking at me and saying no way. Charity launches worldwide appeal to save the life of young LondonerEvening Standard This severely-ill student is facing a race against time to find a stem cell donorWalesOnline |
Uterus transplant at Cleveland Clinic was nation’s first – NOLA.com
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Uterus transplant at Cleveland Clinic was nation’s first
NOLA.com A 26-year-old patient is the nation’s first recipient of a uterus transplant, doctors from the Cleveland Clinic announced on Thursday (Feb. 25). The grueling nine-hour surgery took place Wednesday, and the patient – who received the organ of a deceased … |
Harish may become face of organ donation campaign – Bangalore Mirror
Bangalore MirrorHarish may become face of organ donation campaignBangalore MirrorHarish Nanjappa, the biker whose dying wish while split in half in an accident was to donate organs, has changed the general perception towards organ donation in the state…
Create awareness: PIMS conducts blood donation drive – The Express Tribune
Create awareness: PIMS conducts blood donation driveThe Express TribuneThe objective of the camp was to create awareness among the GE staff about safe blood donations and collect voluntary blood donations from the conference participants. The camp was …
Weekend Round-up: Sunny with a side of local brews – Charleston City Paper
Charleston City PaperWeekend Round-up: Sunny with a side of local brewsCharleston City PaperThe funds raised will go toward bringing awareness to the need for organ, eye, and tissue donation throughout South Carolina. The race begins at 8:15 at James I…
‘Somebody else’s miracle’: Organ donation gives life to many – East Oregonian (subscription)
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‘Somebody else’s miracle’: Organ donation gives life to many
East Oregonian (subscription) Stan and Maddy were both registered organ donors, and over the course of three terrible weeks, the members of my extended family got a crash course in the delicate, complex and high-stakes process of organ donation and placement — and we discovered … |
Bruno and His Banda He Saike Strongly Advocate Organ Donations – teleSUR English
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Bruno and His Banda He Saike Strongly Advocate Organ Donations
teleSUR English As the campaign got underway, Saike looked for a song that represented some of the ideas and issues he wanted to highlight related to organ donation. He decided on “Sueño Dorado” by Argentine singer Abel Pintos, and created a new version of the song … |