20Jul/15

Blood donation camps organised in Kolkata’s red light areas draw ire – Iamin – I am in dna of India

Blood donation camps organised in Kolkata’s red light areas draw ire – Iamin
I am in dna of India
Otherwise considered to be a ‘noble gesture’, blood donation by sex workers in the recently held camps in Kolkata has not gone down well with many in the city. The camp that was held at the red light area of Bowbazar in Central Kolkata in the presence

20Jul/15

‘Lessons to learn’ on organ donors – BBC News


BBC News

‘Lessons to learn’ on organ donors
BBC News
Lessons could be learned from a health board which increased its organ donors despite an overall drop in Scotland, the Scottish government has said. NHS Grampian has achieved a five-fold increase in deceased donors over the past four years, from three …
National shortage of organ donors risks the lives of more than 600 people in Manchester Evening News
Donor organ ops fall sharplyIrish Examiner
Call for West Sussex organ donors after donations fallMid Sussex Times

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20Jul/15

NHS Blood and Transplant calls for more organ donors as donations fall (From … – Leigh Journal


Leigh Journal

NHS Blood and Transplant calls for more organ donors as donations fall (From
Leigh Journal
NHS Blood and Transplant’s director of organ donation and transplantation Sally Johnson said: “We are truly grateful to the families of the 1,282 deceased donors and to each of the 1,092 living donors who made transplants possible last year. “Their

20Jul/15

Scotland Live – BBC News

Scotland LiveBBC NewsNew figures show there was an eight per cent fall in the number of deceased donors in the 12 months to March this year – down to 98. The number of living donors also fell to just over eighty. It is estimated that three people in th…