20Jan/15

Lifeblood In Dire Need Of Blood Donations, Opens For Emergency Hours – MyFox Memphis


MyFox Memphis

Lifeblood In Dire Need Of Blood Donations, Opens For Emergency Hours
MyFox Memphis
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (FOX13) – – The shelves are almost empty at Lifeblood donation centers. Representatives for Lifeblood say they’re at an extremely critical shortage of necessary blood donations, even opening up emergency hours at all their donation …

20Jan/15

‘Milestone’ for newborn organ donation as first successful transplant … – International Business Times UK


International Business Times UK

‘Milestone’ for newborn organ donation as first successful transplant
International Business Times UK
The first successful organ donation from a newborn baby has been carried out in the UK and described as a “milestone” by a group of top doctors. The baby girl was born at term after an emergency caesarean when the mother presented with reduced foetal …
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19Jan/15

Tragic six day old baby is Britain’s youngest organ donor saving two lives – Mirror.co.uk


Mirror.co.uk

Tragic six day old baby is Britain’s youngest organ donor saving two lives
Mirror.co.uk
A baby girl who died at six days old has become Britain’s youngest organ donor – saving two lives. The tiny infant’s organs were the first in the country to be successfully transplanted from a newborn. Her kidneys went to a patient fighting for life

19Jan/15

First successful organ donation from newborn carried out in UK – Medical Xpress

First successful organ donation from newborn carried out in UK
Medical Xpress
Supported by the organ donation team, the nursing staff, and the hospital’s psychologist, the parents gave their consent for their daughter’s kidneys and liver cells to be used for the benefit of other sick patients. Six days after she was born, and

19Jan/15

Britain’s youngest organ donor is girl who died days after being born – Daily Mail


Daily Mail

Britain’s youngest organ donor is girl who died days after being born
Daily Mail
A newborn baby became Britain’s youngest organ donor after her kidneys and liver were used to save the lives of two patients. The kidneys, just three or four centimetres long, were transplanted into an victim of renal failure. The liver cells, known
Medical first means newborn is Britain’s youngest organ donorTelegraph.co.uk
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19Jan/15

Doctors perform UK’s first organ donation from a baby – The Guardian


The Guardian

Doctors perform UK’s first organ donation from a baby
The Guardian
Doctors at Hammersmith hospital have performed the UK’s first organ donation from a baby in a medical milestone that could see more newborns become donors. Staff at the hospital in west London praised the parents for their “extraordinary generosity” in …

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19Jan/15

In search of a miracle: Father of three in need of liver transplant – Burlington Times News


Burlington Times News

In search of a miracle: Father of three in need of liver transplant
Burlington Times News
“That’s the biggest hope,” said Edwards, who is on a transplant list but is attempting to spread the word about directed organ donation — a little-known process that allows the family members of someone deceased to specify an organ recipient, though