Burn victims unable to get life-changing treatment as tissue bank dries up  News24Not a single patient that needed a skin transplant for serious burns could receive this treatment for weeks.

Editorial: Redouble push to grow organ donor registry  Quad-Cities OnlineEven though the number of organ donors registered in Illinois is at an all-time high, the state still had the 10th longest wait time for organ transplants in 2018.

Foundation sends out alert on skin crisis  News24On May 5, last year a stray bullet hit Nathaniel Hendricks (14). A day later, the Tafelsig learner was pronounced brain dead.

The US is throwing away at least 3,500 donated kidneys every year, study finds  CNNThere are 93000 people in the US on a waiting list for a donated kidney and yet at least 3500 donated kidneys are thrown way each year a new study finds in …

IAS body for organ donation  The TribuneTribune News *Service*. Chandigarh, August 26. Carrying forward its mandate of social responsibility, the Punjab State IAS Officers’ Association took another …

West Australians encouraged to register to become organ donors  Bunbury MailWest Australians are being encouraged to register to be an organ donor and to have a conversation about it with their family and friends, following DonateLife …

Organ Donation: The Ultimate Gift  WBKOJohn was able to donate his heart, kidneys and liver to two other people. But so many other people are hoping to receive a miracle from givers like him.

Has the U.S. Been Too Strict With Kidney Donations?  MedPage TodayFrom 2004 to 2014, the U.S. was twice as likely to discard potential donor kidneys than was France, with researchers suggesting the latter country had the better …