Portadown TodayHealth chief signs donor card – and Mark knows what it meansPortadown TodayKidney transplant patient Mark Dobson (front right) looks on as Roberta Brownlee Brownlee, chair of the Southern HSS Board, signs the organ donation register. Als…
Derryn Hinch to sing for organ donation awareness – Herald Sun
Derryn Hinch to sing for organ donation awarenessHerald SunThe "human headline" will team up with five other organ transplant recipients in a performance by The Transplants to raise awareness of organ donation. Liver transplant recipient Hinc…
NBAD organises four blood donation drives – Jordan Directions
NBAD organises four blood donation drivesJordan DirectionsThe National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD), the Number One Bank in the UAE, organises its eighth annual blood donation drive in Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, Dubai, and Sharjah. The Blood Donation Drives are pa…
BMA calls for radical action to tackle organ shortage – OnMedica
BBC NewsBMA calls for radical action to tackle organ shortageOnMedicaA BMA report has suggested that patients who have been declared dead using brain stem tests could be electively ventilated to ensure their organs are of use in transplant surgery. It …
Organ donor boost options pondered – The Press Association
The GuardianOrgan donor boost options ponderedThe Press AssociationThe BMA said all these options could boost donor rates in the current "opt-in" system, where people are asked to join the organ donor register. The BMA remains in favour of an…
Hellesdon man leads organ donor appeal – Norwich Evening News
Norwich Evening NewsHellesdon man leads organ donor appealNorwich Evening NewsThe number of people added to the organ donor register in the county last year fell to 14978 from 16066 in 2010. The significant fall, disclosed by health minister Anne Milto…
Hellesdon man leads organ donor appeal – Norfolk Eastern Daily Press
Norfolk Eastern Daily PressHellesdon man leads organ donor appealNorfolk Eastern Daily PressThe number of people added to the organ donor register in the county last year fell to 14978 from 16066 in 2010. The significant fall, disclosed by health minis…
Red Spring campaign eases blood shortage – Viet Nam News
TuoitrenewsRed Spring campaign eases blood shortageViet Nam NewsSpeaking at the opening of the largest annual voluntarily blood event held at the My Dinh National Stadium yesterday, Doan paid a compliment to donors and thanked them for their good deeds…
Mysterious illness kills thousands in Central America – Fox News
Daily MailMysterious illness kills thousands in Central AmericaFox NewsZapata, a who worked as a sugar cane cutter for 20 years at the San Antonio sugar plantation, died three days later of chronic kidney disease on Jan. 26 at age 49.AP Print Email Sha…
Doctors' radical plan to tackle organ shortage – The Guardian
The GuardianDoctors' radical plan to tackle organ shortageThe GuardianBut the report admits that some intensive care doctors oppose the practice, "questioning whether frustration over the falling number of DBD [donation after brain death] dono…