12Jun/15

Blood donation drive collects 1024 units – Times of India

Blood donation drive collects 1024 units
Times of India
The blood donation camps were organized from June 8-12 at nine different locations in Cyber City jointly by DLF Foundation and SABIC in association with BloodConnect. The ‘World Blood Donor Day’ is held every year on June 14 to raise awareness on the …
SABIC Contributes to Community with A Six-City Blood Donation Drive in India Business Wire India (press release)

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12Jun/15

‘I have an extra,’ nurse says of kidney donation to co-worker – MLive.com


MLive.com

‘I have an extra,’ nurse says of kidney donation to co-worker
MLive.com
Cole hopes that her story will help people realize that being a live donor is possible and a live donation is much better for the recipient than a cadaver organ. She wants to let the community know … Cole will be out of work for eight weeks while she

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12Jun/15

She’s on fire: Firefighter/paramedic expresses herself through body art – Sun Sentinel


Sun Sentinel

She’s on fire: Firefighter/paramedic expresses herself through body art
Sun Sentinel
She said she donates 10 percent of her Deep in Paint profits to the Bob Swanson Give a Life Foundation, a charity dedicated to helping organ donor families and raising awareness. She chose this organization because of her stepfather, who received a …

12Jun/15

Teen who needed kidney, donor get red carpet treatment at gala – New York’s PIX11 / WPIX-TV


New York’s PIX11 / WPIX-TV

Teen who needed kidney, donor get red carpet treatment at gala
New York’s PIX11 / WPIX-TV
Dr. Juan Rocca, another member of Mike’s transplant team, points out, “Sometimes they wait five to eight years to get a deceased donor so that makes a big difference because after five to eight years of dialysis you are much sicker at the time of

12Jun/15

Blood donation drive in Lilongwe on Saturday – Global Peace Corps – Nyasa Times

Blood donation drive in Lilongwe on Saturday – Global Peace Corps
Nyasa Times
On the sideline of the blood donation, the GHC is expected to have an information desk where people can also volunteer. The drive is expected to start at 9am to 4pm. Malawi needs 320 units of blood on daily basis to help patients running out of blood

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12Jun/15

Jenna Lowe: Tragic organ donor campaigner who urged people to ‘Get Me to 21 … – Mirror.co.uk


Mirror.co.uk

Jenna Lowe: Tragic organ donor campaigner who urged people to ‘Get Me to 21
Mirror.co.uk
A girl who invited an entire country to celebrate her 21st birthday in a bid to find an organ donor that could save her life has tragically died weeks before her big day. Jenna Lowe suffered from a rare lung disorder called pulmonary hypertension and
Tragic tale of the girl who invited an entire country to her 21st birthday so Daily Mail
Letter: Let’s all be organ donorsIndependent Online
Tributes pour in for Jenna LoweCitizen

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