03Jan/16

When are you dead? It ay depend on which hospital makes the call – The News Herald


Toronto Star

When are you dead? It ay depend on which hospital makes the call
The News Herald
Hospital staff missed several signs that Burns’s brain was still functioning the night she was due for organ donation surgery: her nostrils flared, her lips and tongue moved, she was breathing “above the ventilator” (meaning, taking breaths of her own
When is a patient dead? It may depend on which doctor makes the callToronto Star

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03Jan/16

Indore donor’s heart reaches Mumbai girl via ‘green corridors’ – Daily News & Analysis


Daily News & Analysis

Indore donor’s heart reaches Mumbai girl via ‘green corridors’
Daily News & Analysis
The doctors said that this was the 20th case of cadaveric liver transplant at ILBS and the first deceased donation liver transplant in 2016. Dr Shiv Sarin, Director ILBS, said the liver transplant procedure was carried out without any cost to the

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03Jan/16

Gase rolling through important off-season – The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines


The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines

Gase rolling through important off-season
The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines
“We sent it to them and they’re going to be able to put it to great use and bring more awareness to donation. “Being able to talk in front of such a … It’s baby steps, but while he works on putting more names on the recipient list for organ donation

03Jan/16

The West’s big lie about Mother Teresa: Her “glorification of suffering … – Salon


Salon

The West’s big lie about Mother Teresa: Her “glorification of suffering
Salon
He hopes to “educate unsuspecting donors” about how their donations are spent on what he regards to be “a systematic human rights violation.” Aroup Chatterjee shares similar feelings. Born in Kolkata and now a doctor in the UK, he was inspired to write

03Jan/16

American Red Cross Offers Blood Donation Opportunities – CBS Local

CBS LocalAmerican Red Cross Offers Blood Donation OpportunitiesCBS LocalAn Indian medical volunteer (L) checks a blood bag after a rally on the observation of National Voluntary Blood Donation Day in Hyderabad on October 1, 2013. The rally was to incre…

03Jan/16

Blood donation guidelines change for gay, bisexual men – Columbia Missourian


Columbia Missourian

Blood donation guidelines change for gay, bisexual men
Columbia Missourian
COLUMBIA — As a response to the AIDS epidemic, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration banned blood donations from gay men in 1983. By 1985, one of every 2,500 HIV cases were from blood transfusions, according to the FDA’s report. The advent of HIV …
What Others Say: Decision on blood donations appropriate (Tulsa World)Online Athens

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03Jan/16

Chris Rickert: Drugs and dog food, the gun conundrum and donors’ holiday greeting – Madison.com

Chris Rickert: Drugs and dog food, the gun conundrum and donors‘ holiday greeting
Madison.com
Madison police spokesman Howard Payne declined to comment on an ongoing investigation but said that, in general, felons and those on probation, parole or some other kind of court supervision, or are subject to domestic abuse-related restraining orders, …

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