Donation_For_Others

The Columbus Dispatch | Michael Smerconish Godspeed to Sarah Murnaghan and Javier Acosta, both of whom are at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia suffering from the debilitating effects of cystic fibrosis. U.S. District Judge Michael Baylson granted them relief recently by allowing each to join the waiting list for an adult lung. This prompted the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network to create a special appeal-and-review system to hear cases such as theirs in which children need access to adult organs. While Javier is still waiting, Sarah received a transplanted lung from an adult donor just days ago. But if we really want to swell the number of available hearts, lungs, livers and corneas, there is a more obvious and expansive solution. We need to start assuming that most people wish to be organ donors, while allowing those who object to opt out easily. The current policy in the United States is the opposite: an opt-in system. An analysis in the Harvard Business Review five ...

The Evening Telegraph | Debbie Kerr Cecilia McIntosh joined NHS Tayside chairman Sandy Watson, staff and relatives at the unveiling of the Ronnie McIntosh memorial display at Ninewells Hospital. The wife of Dundee hero Ronnie McIntosh said he would have been delighted by a new memorial at Ninewells Hospital. The Olympic torch carried by double amputee and organ donation campaigner Ronnie has been put on display in the main concourse. Visitors to Ninewells will also get the chance to see the specialist running limbs worn by Ronnie as well as a Hawkhill Harriers running vest promoting organ donation. Ronnie, who had received a kidney transplant and was an active fundraiser for organ donation, passed away earlier this year at the age of 62. He wished to donate the souvenirs from his Olympic journey to Ninewells to inspire and motivate others and raise awareness for organ donation. Ronnie’s wife Cecilia joined NHS Tayside chairman and co-chair of the Tayside Donation Committee Sandy Wats...

Parade | ASHLEIGH SCHMITZ When Kyle Froelich and Chelsea Clair met in 2009, they had no idea how much they would change each others’ lives. Now, almost four years later, the organ donor and her recipient are married. At age 12, Froelich was diagnosed with a fatal kidney disorder. By the time he was a senior in high school, his need for an organ transplant became a life-and-death situation. Many of his family and friends had tried and failed to be a genetic match and doctors estimated that he only had one year to live. That was before he met Clair at a car show in 2009. The two quickly hit it off and spent the day driving around in Clair’s Camaro. When he told her about his condition, she immediately volunteered her own kidney, should it be a match. In the U.S., the wait list for a new kidney is 110,000 people long, and in Indiana, it can take three to five years to find a suitable donor, Dr. William C. Goggins, kidney transplant surgical director at IU Health, told the Ind...

Celebrity Diagnosis | Michele Berman Legendary rock musician Lou Reed has died. The songwriter, vocalist and guitarist for the Velvet Underground in the 60s, followed by decades as a solo artist, had an influence which shaped rock and roll. Reed died over the weekend from complications of a liver transplant at the age of 71 years old. He had received the transplant in May 2013. At that time, his wife performance artist Laurie Anderson, told the Times of London that: "It’s as serious as it gets. He was dying. You don’t get it for fun." The reason for the liver transplant, and the exact complication that caused his death have not been revealed. A flood of celebrity Twitter messages followed the news of his passing: “The news I feared the most, pales in comparison to the lump in my throat and the hollow in my stomach. Two kids have a chance meeting and 47 years later we fight and love the same way â€" losing either one is incomprehensible. No replacement value, no di...

KOAT TV News Arcadia man stands at intersection looking for life-saving help OKLAHOMA CITY â€"A local veteran took to a street corner to ask for a new kidney. Robert Dean, of Arcadia, said he's tried everything. On Sunday, his 84th birthday, he took to a street corner to ask strangers for the gift of life. Dean is using his last bit of strength for his last hope. "I feel bad all the time," Dean said. His kidneys are failing. Friends and family offered theirs, but no one was a match. While waiting to find a donor, he has dialysis three times a week. “It takes all the strength away from you,” Dean said. “It does terrible things to your body.” Despite the way he feels, Dean stood strong at the corner of Memorial Road and Pennsylvania Avenue wearing a sandwich board with his phone number. As an ambulance passed by, Dean joked, “I’m glad I’m not going with him today.” VIDEO  ______________________________________________________  "You have the power t...

New York Presbyterian Hospital / Weill Cornell Medical Center NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center with The Rogosin Institute proudly announces the 50th anniversary of our transplant program. As the first transplant program in the New York metropolitan area, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center transplanted its first patient in 1963 and has performed over 4,200 transplants to date as one of the highest volume kidney transplant centers in the nation. Since its inception, the program has maximized transplant opportunities for patients through cutting-edge research in our world-renowned laboratory, advanced surgical techniques, national kidney exchanges, and a unique multidisciplinary treatment approach to ensure the best possible outcomes. Below is an overview of the historical milestones highlighting ways the NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Transplant Program has been a leader in the field of transplantation and transforms the lives of pati...

Daily Record | Nicola Stow FIONA PRETTY donated her kidney and was thrilled to find out it saved the life of a 17-year-old boy. AN Edinburgh woman has spoken of her joy after discovering her donated kidney saved the life of a teenage boy. Big-hearted Fiona Pretty, 49, underwent months of tests before she was given the go ahead to become a live donor. After surgery she left a card with her kidney at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary’s transplant unit, bearing the message: “I hope my gift to you allows you to do the things you’ve always dreamed of.” As an altruistic donor â€" someone who gives an organ to help a stranger â€" Fiona thought she’d never find out who had received her organ. But just one week after her operation, the mum-of-two received an anonymous thank you letter in the post from a woman and her 17-year-old son. Fiona said: “Receiving that letter was one of the most emotional moments of my life. The boy’s mum outlined her son’s story from start to finish....