Why Donate Organs

Why Donate Organs

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Source: The Press-Enterprise By Laurie Lucas Zulma and Indra Michaca, college students in Moreno Valley, hand out stickers that say: "Don't take your organs to heaven -- heaven knows we need them here!" No one understands the importance of this more than Indra, who's only 21, but has received two liver transplants in the last four years. And no one could be a more passionate advocate for organ donation than her 20-year-old sister and best friend, Zulma. Story continues below David Bauman / The Press-Enterprise Indra Michaca, right, 21, has received two liver transplants in the past four years, making sister Zulma, 20, left, ... Read Full Story
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"THREE RIVERS" EXPERT BLOG Carol Barbee, "Three Rivers" Producer has elicited the help of experts in the field to insure that the organ donation and transplantation depiction is accurately portrayed; this is due to her and cast members strong conviction to eliminate deaths on the national organ donation transplant wait-list which currently exceeds 104,000 Americans. Over the next few days Donate Life Organ & Tissue Donation blog will feather these experts. Source: CBS.com Episode: Ryan's First Day By: LuCyndi M Ramirez, RN BS MA CPTC Manager, Organ Procurement OneLegacy, the Organ Procurement Organization greater Los Angeles In the "Three Rivers" episode Ryan's First Day, ... Read Full Story
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Donate Life’s 2010 Rose Parade float entry Western Medical Center Santa Ana honors organ and tissue donors with dedicated roses to be placed on Donate Life float in 2010 Rose Parade ® Donate Life Rose Ceremony was Held for Donor Families at Western Medical Center Santa Ana on Friday, Nov. 6th LOS ANGELES, Calif., Nov. 4, 2009 – Western Medical Center Santa Ana, in collaboration with OneLegacy, the organ and tissue recovery organization serving the seven-county greater Los Angeles area, honored organ and tissue donors and their families at a Donate Life Rose Ceremony that was held at Western Medical Center Santa Ana. The ... Read Full Story
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Source: 13 WHO TV , Erin Kiernan, Reporter, Des Moine, Iowa On the evening of November 20th, 2006 bright, funny, beautiful Erika Schwager walked out the door and never came home. A crash with a fire truck silenced the teenager's laughter. "I went to the emergency room and was able to see Erika," says her mother Bette. "I told her I loved her and she squeezed by hand." Erika lived for several days but was brain dead. Her mother remembered how excited she'd been about choosing to be an organ donor when she'd gotten her drivers license. "So we were just doing what she ... Read Full Story
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As the first multimedia campaign to promote organ donation rolls out across the UK today, new research reveals the gap between what we would take and what we are prepared to give. While 96% of us would accept an organ if we needed one, only 27% of us have the joined the NHS Organ Donor Register (ODR).  
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HARLINGEN – As a cardiovascular surgeon, Dr. Ruben Lopez has helped save the lives of hundreds of heart and trauma patients in the Rio Grande Valley. But first Dr. Lopez helped save his own brother’s life, not through surgery, but by donating one...  
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Health Minister Tomica Milosavljević received British author Tony Parsons in Belgrade on Friday at the start of Extend Life campaign. Milosavljević pointed out that with his last book, Starting Over, which was published in Serbia by Laguna, Parsons had become part of the Serbian Extend Life campaign, which aimed to raise awareness about organ donation.  
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URBANA – When one of her close friends died, University of Illinois junior Lauren Wisniewski realized how many people would be helped because he was an organ donor. Now she's encouraging others to become donors to help save the lives of more than 4,700 people in Illinois and 100,000 people nationwide waiting for organ or tissue transplants.  
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STOCKTON - San Joaquin Delta College students are signing up in record numbers to become organ donors, outdistancing their closest Northern California college rivals by almost six to one in the 2009 Donate Life California Campus Challenge.  
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