Organ Donation
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# organ-donation - Wednesday 8 May, 2013
Organ donation education project scoops Young Social Innovators award
Students from Eureka Secondary School in Kells, Co Meath, took the prize with their ‘Bring Organ Donation Into Education’ project.
# organ-donation - Wednesday 1 May, 2013
Campaign to reform Irish organ donation practices spearheaded by GAA pundit Brolly
The former Derry player was lauded last year for his selfless gesture in donating a kidney to his friend Shane Finnegan.
# organ-donation - Monday 15 April, 2013
In lab ‘bio-kidney’ successfully transplanted into rat
The new kidney started filtering blood and producing urine through the ureter as soon as the bloody supply was restored.
# organ-donation - Friday 5 April, 2013
Heart transplant gives mother a new life
Karen McDermott (38), a mother of two from Clonakilty, received a new heart in August 2012. This week is organ donation week.
# organ-donation - Wednesday 3 April, 2013
Column: I gave a kidney to my husband to save his life
When Anna Costello learned her husband needed a kidney transplant she volunteered to donate one of hers. Here, she explains why she is “thankful every day” about her decision.
# organ-donation - Saturday 30 March, 2013
Poll: Do you plan to donate your organs after death?
“Wide swings” in donation activity have been observed in Ireland, so we’d like to ask: do you plan to donate your organs after you pass away?
Organ Donor Awareness Week hopes to reverse drop in donations
The awareness campaign, which kicks off today, follows a year in which organ donations dropped by 17 per cent.
# organ-donation - Tuesday 26 March, 2013
Poll: Should Ireland move to an ‘opt out’ system for organ donation?
Organ donations fell by 17 per cent last year, amid continuing calls for a change to Ireland’s management of it.
Organ donation fell 17 per cent last year – IKA
The Chief Executive of the IKA said no other European country experienced Ireland’s “wide swings” in donor activity – and that Ireland required infrastructure and funding to stabilise donation behaviour.
# organ-donation - Monday 25 March, 2013
Irish Kidney Association calls for increased infrastructure for organ donation
The IKA said the proposed name change for the consent form will not necessarily increase our currant rate of donation.
# organ-donation - Wednesday 2 May, 2012
Facebook organ donor registration could be extended to Irish users
The Irish Kidney Association said that such a move would have “huge appeal” in spreading awareness of organ donation.
# organ-donation - Tuesday 1 May, 2012
Facebook asks members to add organ donor status to timeline
The social network says “simply telling people that you’re an organ donor” can help increase the number of people who sign up to donate.
# organ-donation - Wednesday 25 April, 2012
Meadhbh McGivern: “One year on, life is absolutely brilliant”
The Leitrim girl who had a liver transplant operation after a transportation failure last year is fighting fit after finally getting her surgery.
# organ-donation - Monday 26 March, 2012
Calls for organ donor registry in Ireland
At the launch of Organ Donor Awareness Week 2012, the Health Minister said 2011 was a record year for organ donation in Ireland.
Carry an organ donor card… in your smartphone
As Organ Donor Awareness Week is launched, iPhone and Android users alerted to ECard option…
# organ-donation - Sunday 5 February, 2012
Column: The day I received a kidney transplant
After two and a half years on dialysis, Regina Hennelly got the call to say a donor had been found. Here she describes what it felt like.
# organ-donation - Sunday 1 January, 2012
Column: My ‘bucket list’ for the New Year
Years of serious childhood illness and two organ transplants stifled Trevor O’Sullivan’s personal wishlist for years. He’s still ill – but now he wants to really go for it, Rocky-style.
# organ-donation - Monday 3 October, 2011
Column: Organ donations save lives – and I should know
Trevor O’Sullivan has received two liver transplants, and will require more after being diagnosed with cystic fibrosis last year. He writes about receiving the gift of life.
# organ-donation - Friday 17 June, 2011
A new breath of life for Dublin woman after double-lung transplant
20 year old Becky Jones, who has cystic fibrosis, has made history by undergoing a transplant after developing a fungus in her airways due to an allergy.
# organ-donation - Sunday 3 April, 2011
The Daily Fix: Sunday
In today’s Fix: Eamon Gilmore tries to get EU support for a change to Ireland’s bailout deal; the Queen of England plans to visit Croke Park; and Charlie Sheen bombs in Detroit.
Poll: Should an ‘opt-out’ system for organ donation be introduced?
Should your organs automatically be used for transplant after your death, unless you specifically request them not to be?
Seventy per cent of donor hearts exported in 2010
Poor donation rates have contributed to seven out of ten organs harvested in Ireland being sent to other countries last year as they were incompatible with patients awaiting transplants here.
# organ-donation - Monday 28 March, 2011
Minister for Health to propose new ‘opt-out’ system for organ donation
New proposals being drafted would that mean a person’s organs would automatically be donated unless they specifically requested to opt out of the system.
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