08Jan/15

The Reason This Brave Mom Is Planning to Give Birth, Knowing Her Baby Will … – Redbook Magazine Online (blog)


Irish Independent

The Reason This Brave Mom Is Planning to Give Birth, Knowing Her Baby Will
Redbook Magazine Online (blog)
Though Elisha and her husband Dermot were given the option to terminate the pregnancy, she has decided to carry the child through to 36 weeks so that she’ll be able to donate the baby’s vital organs to another child in need. If she carried the
‘My newborn baby will die just minutes after birth – but I hope he or she can Irish Independent

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08Jan/15

SCOT set to launch organ donation campaign – Arab News

Arab NewsSCOT set to launch organ donation campaignArab NewsThe Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation (SCOT) will soon launch a new program aimed at increasing the number of organ donors, head of SCOT Faisal Shahin told a local daily. Some 840 patient…

08Jan/15

Overhauling China’s organ transplant system could take some time – Chinadaily USA


Chinadaily USA

Overhauling China’s organ transplant system could take some time
Chinadaily USA
By 2011, Huang reported that 65 percent of the transplants in China used organs from deceased donors and 90 percent of those were executed prisoners. That same year, Arthur L. Caplan, the Emmanuel and Robert Hart Director of the Center for Bioethics …

08Jan/15

Our opinion: Don’t let PRHC retreat to its old ‘culture of entitlement’ – Kawartha Media Group

Our opinion: Don’t let PRHC retreat to its old ‘culture of entitlement’
Kawartha Media Group
PETERBOROUGH – In April 2010, consultants delivered a scathing report of the leaders at the Peterborough Regional Health Centre, referring to the “culture of entitlement” and the related reluctance to face the facility’s ongoing debt. Much has happened

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08Jan/15

The Rise And Fall Of The World’s Poorest Countries – Mintpress News (registration) (blog)


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The Rise And Fall Of The World’s Poorest Countries
Mintpress News (registration) (blog)
LDCs currently benefit from a range of special support measures from bilateral donors and multilateral organisations, and special treatment under regional and multilateral trade agreements. The benefits that … Some of the practices being considered

08Jan/15

‘My newborn baby will die just minutes after birth – but I hope he or she can … – Irish Independent


Irish Independent

‘My newborn baby will die just minutes after birth – but I hope he or she can
Irish Independent
If the baby doesn’t make it to the 36 weeks then it is unable to donate them, so we are taking every day as it comes.” The McGills are striving to raise awareness of the condition and have set up a Facebook site called ‘Anencephaly Follow Our Journey
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08Jan/15

Free Church of Scotland blasts organ donor plans – Scotsman


Scotsman

Free Church of Scotland blasts organ donor plans
Scotsman
Rev Dr Donald MacDonald, a former Free Church Moderator and retired surgeon, said: “Organ donation should be about deliberate and informed giving, instead of medical teams assuming it’s ok to take parts from our bodies. Silence is not consent.
Organ donation bill given full backingGlasgow Evening Times
MSP claims there is public appetite for organ donation reformAberdeen Press and Journal
Holyrood to consider new ‘opt out’ scheme for organ donationstv.tv
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