23Feb/15

Tasmanian organ donation rate high compared to rest of country, DonateLife … – Yahoo!7 News


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Tasmanian organ donation rate high compared to rest of country, DonateLife
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“What we know makes a big difference is if people know their loved ones’ wishes, because if you know that someone wanted to be an organ donor it’s very easy to say, ‘Yes’,” he said. Wayne Alomes, who has cystic fibrosis, received a double lung

23Feb/15

Tasmanian organ donation rate high compared to rest of country – ABC Online

ABC OnlineTasmanian organ donation rate high compared to rest of countryABC OnlineTasmanians are being told they are performing well nationally when it comes to organ donation and its outcomes, despite just nine people in the state donating organs last…

23Feb/15

2 East Texans receive kidney transplants from deceased donors – Tyler Morning Telegraph

2 East Texans receive kidney transplants from deceased donors
Tyler Morning Telegraph
On Valentines Day, two East Texans got the best gift of their lives when they each finally received a kidney transplant. At 4 p.m. on the Friday before Valentine’s Day, Giovanni Fuller, 33, received the call he’d been waiting for. He’d received calls

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23Feb/15

Wrongly jailed youth will be freed this week, Egypt’s el-Sissi says – The Globe and Mail

Wrongly jailed youth will be freed this week, Egypt’s el-Sissi says
The Globe and Mail
Mr. el-Sissi also suggested that a leaked recording in which he and aides purportedly derided powerful Arab Gulf donors had been fabricated, after an opposition-linked television station aired the tape. After the release of the recording earlier this

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23Feb/15

Organ Donation New Zealand release Annual Report – Scoop.co.nz (press release)

Organ Donation New Zealand release Annual ReportScoop.co.nz (press release)Figures released by Organ Donation New Zealand (ODNZ) show the number of deceased organ donors in 2014 was 46, up from an average of 36 donors per year between 2004 and 2013. Th…