07Aug/14

Organ donation for free or will compensation address shortage of donors? – Tech Times


Tech Times

Organ donation for free or will compensation address shortage of donors?
Tech Times
Per the law, a New Yorker needs to fill out the organ-donor questionnaire on a driver’s license form for their application to get processed. Medically eligible individuals can become organ donors via the state Department of Health or Department of
Become an organ donor during National Minority Donor Awareness WeekGazette.Net: Maryland Community News Online
State’s organ donor numbers are abysmalPoughkeepsie Journal
Are you an organ donor?Coeur d’Alene Press
Economic Times –Pittsburgh Catholic –Belfast Telegraph
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07Aug/14

Are you an organ donor? – Coeur d’Alene Press

TheChronicleHerald.caAre you an organ donor?Coeur d’Alene PressMost deceased donors have had head trauma or a fatal stroke. After the medical team exhausts all … For a lot more information on the need, use, and process of organ donation see Organdono…

07Aug/14

Activists participate in walkathon encouraging organ donation in Visakhapatnam – TheHealthSite

TheHealthSiteActivists participate in walkathon encouraging organ donation in VisakhapatnamTheHealthSiteIn an attempt to encourage organ donation in India, a walkathon was organized by health department authorities in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh on W…

07Aug/14

Save a life through organ donation – The Harlan Daily Enterprise

Save a life through organ donation
The Harlan Daily Enterprise
With 1,000 Kentuckians now on a waiting list for a transplant, Snyder said, “now is the time to think about signing the registry to be an organ donor.” “It’s so easy and so very important to simply say, ‘yes’ I will be part of this life saving effort

06Aug/14

Organ Donation Carries On Son’s Legacy – KWQC 6

Organ Donation Carries On Son’s Legacy
KWQC 6
She told them Matt, then 22-years-old, had signed up to be an organ donor. The nurse asked if the parents would like to honor their son’s wishes, and Andy says he jumped on it. “He donated his corneas. There is a gentleman that can see now, who couldn

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06Aug/14

Aggressive outreach increases organ donation among Hispanic Americans – Science Codex


Counsel & Heal

Aggressive outreach increases organ donation among Hispanic Americans
Science Codex
Bottom Line: An outreach campaign that included local media and culturally sensitive educational programs in targeted neighborhoods was associated with an increase in consent rates for organ donation among Hispanic Americans in the Los Angeles area.
Aggressive Outreach can Boost Organ Donation Numbers for Hispanic AmericansCounsel & Heal

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06Aug/14

World Organ Donation Day 2014: Why India still faces extreme shortage of organ … – TheHealthSite


TheHealthSite

World Organ Donation Day 2014: Why India still faces extreme shortage of organ
TheHealthSite
On the occasion of launch of the campaign ‘We welfare society’ initiated to make people aware about organ donation across India, health expert Aarti Vij of AIIMS, noted that India is currently facing extreme shortage of organ donors due to existing

06Aug/14

Organ Donation: Does India lack will? – Zee News

Zee NewsOrgan Donation: Does India lack will?Zee NewsEach year so many lives are lost while waiting for an organ transplant. Not everyone is lucky enough to receive an organ donation as it is still considered a taboo in India due to many religious misb…

06Aug/14

PhilNOS orients medical practitioners on organ donation, transplantation – Philippine Information Agency


Philippine Information Agency

PhilNOS orients medical practitioners on organ donation, transplantation
Philippine Information Agency
The orientation is part of the PhilNOS’ North Luzon organ donation advocacy caravan to draw more organ donors and facilitate organ transplantation towards its cause of allowing Filipinos to be a lifeline and live on through others. (ALM/OTB-PIA2/Cagayan).

05Aug/14

400 For Ivy: Blood donation campaign gets underway in Cessnock – Cessnock Advertiser

400 For Ivy: Blood donation campaign gets underway in Cessnock
Cessnock Advertiser
GREAT CAUSE: Pictured at Team Ivy Day at Mount View High School on Friday (front row, left to right) school principal Desley Pfeffer, captain Kelsey Harvey, Cara and Michelle from John Hunter Children’s Hospital Play Therapy program, Ivy Tregenza, …

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