Praise for Quhey Saunders and family after organ donation decisionYOURTHUROCKTHE family of Stanford-le-Hope man Quhey Saunders have been praised by the NHS for donating his heart after his murder near the M25 last month. Quhey Saunders was attacked and…
Times of India |
Probe against cop who ‘clogged’ organ donation
Times of India MUMBAI: A departmental probe has been ordered into Wednesday’s incident at Nerul police station where a senior official’s “discouraging words” allegedly led a family to withdraw their consent for organ donation. Coincidentally, the incident occurred … |
Researchers Identify Critical Need for Standardized Organ Donation …Newswise (press release)Across the country, there are 58 Organ Procurement Organizations (OPO), which are responsible for recovering and distributing organs and tissues for …a…
Mirror.co.uk |
Max’s Law moves a step closer as organ donor ‘opt-out’ bill unveiled in Parliament
Mirror.co.uk Max’s Law moved a step closer as the lifesaving opt-out donor Bill was formally unveiled in Parliament yesterday. Labour MP Geoffrey Robinson presented his potentially historic Private Member’s Bill calling for England to switch to a presumed consent … |
WLS-TV |
Retired Illinois minister saved by teenage organ donor
WLS-TV Prayers were answered for a retired minister from Illinois who was given the gift of life thanks to a teenage organ donor. (WLS). CNN. Tuesday, July 18, 2017 04:22PM. Prayers were answered for a retired minister from Illinois who was given the gift of … Mother of organ donor meets man who got son’s liverWTOL.com ‘I’ve been waiting on this day’: Man saved by Colorado organ donor meets teen’s motherErieTVNews |
Healthline |
Would an ‘Opt Out’ System Solve Organ Donation Shortage?
Healthline Under this setup, you are automatically an organ donor unless you make the effort to take your name off the list. The United States currently uses an explicit consent, or “opt-in,” system for organ donation, although on a state-by-state basis. By … |
LETTERS, July 18: Consider organ donation – Opinion – Wilmington …StarNewsOnline.comGive the gift of life EDITOR: In December 2015, my husband was diagnosed with end-stage renal disease, otherwise known as kidney failure. The diagnosis …and mo…
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Bangladeshi cabinet approves proposal on organ transplant donation
Xinhua The draft of the “Organ Transplantation Act (Amendment) 2017” approves of grandparents, grandchildren and first cousins as potential donors. The existing 1999 law allows only siblings, children, parents, spouses, and blood-related aunts and uncles to … |
IrishCentral |
Why the Irish must now opt out of organ donation
IrishCentral One third of Irish people carry organ donor cards and Ireland currently has one of the highest organ donation rates in the world – 20.3 per million people (pmp). That figure, however, fluctuates from year to year and has varied from 20.6 in 2011 to … |
Nearly 800 lives have been saved thanks to organ donationNottingham PostDebra Barlow, 52, from Mansfield Woodhouse, underwent a double lung transplant in October 2015 after contracting chicken pox pneumonia in 2006 which severely damaged her lungs. She…