April 15, 2021

IRELAND: Laois Nationalist — Laois heart transplant mum (40) makes organ donor appeal

Denise and husband Emmet on their wedding day ‘They say life begins at 40 but for me, being catapulted into unexpected heart failure last year could have meant the end of

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April 15, 2021

Devree Guido wins Rising Star Competition just months after receiving kidney transplant | Moms

Devree Guido is a fighter. By the age of 3, Devree had gotten two liver transplants. In December of last year, at the age of 7, she received a kidney

April 15, 2021

U.S. surgeons perform successful “COVID to COVID” double-lung transplant (Video)

Doctors at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago successfully transplanted both lungs on a COVID-19 patient using them from a donor who previously recovered from the virus. Dr. Samuel Kim, a thoracic

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April 14, 2021

Ashley Cain’s £1m plea for baby to have Oscar Saxelby-Lee treatment

A REALITY star has raised more than £1million after launching an urgent appeal to help his daughter, who needs the same medical treatment as Worcester's Oscar Saxelby-Lee. Ashley Cain, known for

April 14, 2021

IRELAND: Athy man shares his kidney transplant story

Leonard and Pat Fleming at Pat’s wedding just 2 months after Pat donated a kidney to Leonard in 1979. Pictured with their younger brother Mitchel Leonard Fleming

April 14, 2021

Brownsville girl thankful for kidney transplant at Driscoll Children’s Hospital

CORPUS CHRISTI – A Brownsville girl is thankful she received a life-saving kidney transplant at Driscoll Children’s Hospital. Valeria Ramirez, 10, began dialysis at Driscoll Children’s Valley Dialysis Center in McAllen

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April 14, 2021

Community Hospital Nurse Earns Prestigious Bone Marrow Transplant Certification

Posted: Mar 26, 2021 / 11:10 AM MDT / Updated: Mar 26, 2021 / 11:10 AM MDT MESA COUNTY, Colo. — Katie Van Der Merwe, BSN, OCN, BMTCN, oncology nurse with

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April 14, 2021

SCOTLAND: Scotland’s opt-out law for organ donation comes into force

Scotland’s new opt-out law for organ donation comes into force today, which it is hoped will lead to an increase in the numbers of transplants. Under the legislation, if an adult

April 14, 2021

UK: Peterhead lung transplant recipient backs organ and tissue opt out awareness campaign

A Peterhead woman who received a life-changing double lung transplant is urging people to make their organ and tissue donation decision known ahead of the law change to an opt-out

April 14, 2021

CANADA: Pediatric heart transplant method developed by University of Alberta doctors allows for more surgeries, better outcomes

A pediatric heart transplant procedure pioneered by Canadian doctors—once deemed impossible—has been shown to be at least as effective as the traditional approach, according to newly published research in The

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