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Surgeons complete 3 of 6 kidney transplants involving 12 people at San …
Minneapolis Star Tribune In late 2003, a living unrelated donor provided an organ for a transplant. A new chance at life got him thinking. “I talked to my doctor about kidney-paired donation. He was excited about the idea but didn’t know how to do it,” he recalled. “I was a … |
Sacramento woman’s donation to Benicia man sets off organ swap – News & Observer
News & Observer |
Sacramento woman’s donation to Benicia man sets off organ swap
News & Observer In this case, six donors are instead giving kidneys to strangers found through a software matching program developed by 59-year-old David Jacobs, a kidney recipient whose brother died of kidney failure. Its algorithmic program finds potential matches … |
Pakistani liver patient has life-saving surgery after 12 Indian students … – Daily Mail
Daily Mail |
Pakistani liver patient has life-saving surgery after 12 Indian students …
Daily Mail “Usually all liver transplant patients are advised to arrange 10 units of blood in case of any eventuality. But being from Pakistan, the family did not have any donors. The noble act of blood donation by these students really touched us all,” said Dr … |
Chain of kidney transplants begins at San Francisco hospital – NTV
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Chain of kidney transplants begins at San Francisco hospital
NTV In late 2003, a living unrelated donor provided an organ for a transplant. A new chance at life got him thinking. “I talked to my doctor about kidney-paired donation. He was excited about the idea but didn’t know how to do it,” he recalled. “I was a … |
Students donate blood to save Pakistani man’s life – India Today
India Today |
Students donate blood to save Pakistani man’s life
India Today And then one day when an urgent need for blood arose, Dilshad Ali pasted pamphlets near the hospital, asking people to donate blood for Makhija. It caught the attention of a group of students preparing to take civil services examinations from a … |
San Francisco hospital begins rare six-way kidney transplant chain – Brantford Expositor
San Francisco hospital begins rare six-way kidney transplant chainBrantford ExpositorDoctors at a San Francisco hospital began an unusual series of kidney transplants on Thursday with six living donors providing organs to six patients in a chain that b…
Superman Fan Saves 2 Lives After Donating Kidneys the Day He Died – ABC News
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Superman Fan Saves 2 Lives After Donating Kidneys the Day He Died
ABC News “Organ donation was something Chris and I were really passionate about,” Jackie said. “When we first met when I was his car-racing teacher we both saw that we were donors on our licenses, had a whole conversation about it and clicked from there.”. |
Kidney Donors Rock! – Huffington Post
Huffington Post |
Kidney Donors Rock!
Huffington Post But when she read an article about a single mother who needed a kidney, she related as a single mom and knew she wanted to donate. “The awesome part is that Heather is doing great and giving cured my depression,” Jen said. “My brother saw no other … |
Altruistic donor starts large West Coast single-center kidney paired donation … – IT News Online
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Altruistic donor starts large West Coast single-center kidney paired donation …
IT News Online “Being a kidney transplant patient myself, it’s extremely gratifying to know my software helped make this six-way kidney paired donation possible,” Jacobs said. “I understand first-hand the despair of waiting for a deceased donor organ and how life … |
Child care a challenge when school closes – Staunton News Leader
Staunton News Leader |
Child care a challenge when school closes
Staunton News Leader Weather keeps blood donors away. RELATED: 6 inches of snow shuts down Valley. “They both made $5 in tips that people gave directly to them,” Lund said of a day last week when Zella and Clay were assisting in the dining room. Clay’s dad works from … |