05Mar/15

Staunton-based Guard center keeps an eye on state storms – Staunton News Leader


Staunton News Leader

Staunton-based Guard center keeps an eye on state storms
Staunton News Leader
RELATED: Weather keeps blood donors away. RELATED: 6 inches of snow shuts down Valley. As of 1 p.m., all seemed quiet, but that wasn’t expected to last. “As snow accumulation builds with the heavier snow with trees falling, power lines down,” said Bond …

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05Mar/15

Surgeons complete 3 of 6 kidney transplants involving 12 people at San … – Minneapolis Star Tribune


Minneapolis Star Tribune

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

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05Mar/15

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

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05Mar/15

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

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