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NTD Transplant tourism has been banned in Israel since 2008 as a response to forced organ harvesting in China. An Israeli professor, Jacob Lavee took part in the enactment of that law that prohibits Israeli citizens from getting organs in China for transplant surgeries. He is at a conference of the International Care Association of Organ Transplants in Taiwan sharing his experience. Professor Jacob Lavee is a Director of the Heart Transplantation Unit at the Israeli Medical Center, Sheba, and the former president of Israel's Transplant Society. Lavee now serves on the Advisory Board of an American NGO "Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting." [Prof. Jacob Lavee, Former President of Israel's Transplantation Society]: "The way I got involved in all the forced organ harvesting in China was by a patient of mine back in 2005, who one day after a year of waiting in my department came to me and told me he is fed up waiting for a heart in Israel, and he was told by his ...

Gift of Life Donor Program | Patrice Gift of Life Donor Program’s Annual Dash For Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness brings together people from all walks of life to raise awareness for organ and tissue donation. With thousands of supporters each year, each one has a special reason for participating in the event. With a wide range of recipients, recipient families, donor families, living donors, and members of the community that feel passionate about the cause, The Dash has been able to grow each year. In the upcoming weeks, Gift of Life will share some of the stories of participants, and why they choose to Dash. For more Dash information, visit our Facebook and Twitter . Today’s Dash story features the story of Kristen Hoffman Mazoki, Team Captain of Team Chicky. The gift of organ donation allowed her to be able to spend additional years making priceless memories with her beloved grandmother. Her story is an example of how organ donation affects everyone in the family! My grandmoth...

TodaysTHV | Ashley Blackstone LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) -- Every 10 minutes another name is added to the national organ transplant list. In the U.S., more than 115,000 people are waiting. Keeten Heskett, 2, from Arkansas is one of them. How to Become an Organ Donor If you didn't know Keeten personally you would never know his struggles. "He is not any different than anyone else," says his mom Lacey Holligsworth. The playful, independent and very inquisitive toddler seemed to be fascinated with our THV 11 cameras "He is used to a camera, so he is blinking," explains Hollingsworth. "Everyone loves him." Holligsworth was five months pregnant when she found out that her first child would be born with a heart defect. She says, "It was really scary. I had him at UAMS and just a few minutes after he was born, he was taken by ambulance over here." continue reading

Our Tribe and Joys | Alia Ramer I’ve been filling in at NJJN for a week or so, and one of my tasks has been to edit the community page listings. The Halachic Organ Donor Society sent the following press release today, but it won’t make it to the printed page. A, it’s not happening in New Jersey, and B, you can’t send a press release for publication the day the paper is printed. (Our deadline is 10 days before the issue date.) The effort is honorable, though, (and my publication is more on-demand) and maybe you know of someone who’d like to run and/or donate, so send this link along to others… Central Park Race to Benefit Halachic Organ Donation New York, NY, February 26, 2013 â€" A 10-year-old Jewish boy was injured in a car accident in New York City. Upon arrival at the hospital he was declared brain dead. The HOD Society facilitated consultation between several rabbis and his family who ultimately chose organ donation. Eight children’s lives were saved. Read more ...

WIVB | Ed Dranch BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) - The family of a 3-year-old Buffalo boy made a brave decision after he was tragically killed in a fire at his east side home. Malachi Watkins' organs will be donated and potentially save up to five other children. Malachi and his mother, 23-year-old Laqueisha Watkins, were killed in the fire. His grandmother, Prophetess Cherise Shabazz said, "The family is really trying hard to work together, and you know just pull through this, because who would expect this?" A growing memorial now sits outside the home where the boy and his mother were killed last Friday. Malachi's kidneys and intestines have been donated through UNYTS, a service that matches donors and recipients. His family says it's a way his life can go on through others. MORE | You can use this form to join the UNYTS Donor Registry UNYTS Vice President of Organ Services Kevin Gramlich said, "People generally feel more willing to give organs of their children becau...

Alex O'Loughlin Fans for Donate Life Our Colleagues at Alex O'Loughlin Fans for Donate Life  has posted DonateLife Week a comprehensive schedule of events on their webpage. FEBRUARY 26TH-27TH NEW SOUTH WALES: 27 FEBRUARY 2013 LET’S HAVE A YARN â€" DONATE LIFE AND GIVE OUR PEOPLE A SECOND CHANCE OF LIFE MINJUNGBAL ABORIGINAL CULTURAL CENTRE NSW 27 FEBRUARY 2013 - 01 MARCH 2013 O WEEK UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY NSW 27 FEBRUARY 2013 ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION INFORMATION SESSION MPAC NSW 27 FEBRUARY 2013 ORGAN DONATION AWARENESS WEEK 2013 - ORGAN DONATION AWARENESS MORNING TEA BETHUNGRA OLD SCHOOL T-HOUSE - BETHUNGRA NSW Please visit their webpage for all the details

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