17Apr/16

Iowa firefighters encourage residents to be heroes through organ donation – Mason City Globe Gazette


Mason City Globe Gazette

Iowa firefighters encourage residents to be heroes through organ donation
Mason City Globe Gazette
“One donor has the potential to save up to eight people’s lives through organ donation and help more than 50 people through tissue donation. Just imagine how many people on this wait list we could save if we can reach our goal of 100 people per county.”.
Iowa Responders Pushing Statewide Initiative for Organ Donor RegistrationEMSWorld (press release) (blog)

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17Apr/16

Heartbroken: Grieving mother’s organ donation decision saves six – Worcester Telegram

Heartbroken: Grieving mother’s organ donation decision saves six
Worcester Telegram
“Some families, they actually bring up donation themselves, some families say, I wish such and such could be an organ donor, I wish something good could come out of this,” Ms. Palacios said. “Sometimes it’s several hours we can be sitting in a hospital …

17Apr/16

3 N.B. fun runs kick off National Organ and Tissue Transplant Awareness Week – Globalnews.ca


Globalnews.ca

3 N.B. fun runs kick off National Organ and Tissue Transplant Awareness Week
Globalnews.ca
WATCH ABOVE: Hundreds of runners circled Queen’s square in Fredericton on Sunday morning. The third “transplant trot” in as many days brought supporters from all over New Brunswick to help raise awareness for organ and tissue donation. As Global’s …

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17Apr/16

Calgary toddler saves 4 lives through organ donation – Globalnews.ca


Globalnews.ca

Calgary toddler saves 4 lives through organ donation
Globalnews.ca
“You do have to die in a unique way, in an intensive care unit,” said Ryan Baht, the southern Alberta organ donor coordinator for Alberta Health Services. “So a lot of people do wish to become organ donors, but only a very few people meet the criteria.”.

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17Apr/16

Hundreds run to raise awareness about organ donation – KETV Omaha


KETV Omaha

Hundreds run to raise awareness about organ donation
KETV Omaha
REPORTER: THE DONATE LIFE NEBRASKA 5-K AND HEROES WALK STARTS WITH A FAMILY AND WITH NOW 17-YEAR-OLD MACY STEVENS, WHO LIKELY WOULDN’T BE HERE IF IT WEREN’T FOR HER HEART DONOR, 7 YEARS AGO. >> IT JUST …

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