Jun. 16—WARREN, Minn. — Each year, Roger Hille saddles up for a special kind of horse ride. This one has a specific goal: to raise awareness of the importance of organ, eye and tissue donation. Trails4Transplants recently conducted its 12th annual ride, dubbed “Coming Home Ride,” in the Greenbush and Karlstad area May 28 to […]
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98-year-old WWII vet believed to be oldest American organ donor ever
Man, 98, believed to be oldest US organ donor
A 98-year-old man may be the oldest American to ever donate an organ, according to transplant organisations. Orville Allen lived a lifetime of service, and when he died he had one last thing to give: his liver. Mr Allen was a veteran of the Second World War and the Korean War and a longtime educator […]
Transplant patient stable and on dialysis after pig organ removed due to ‘unique challenges’ with heart, kidney health
A genetically engineered pig kidney has been removed from a transplant patient after it started losing function, according to a statement on Friday from NYU Langone Health. The patient, 54-year-old Lisa Pisano of New Jersey, is stable and has started dialysis, her doctors said. Pisano first received a mechanical heart pump, called an LVAD, on April […]
Irwin church looking to identify 2 teens who allegedly tampered with organ, sound system
A church in Irwin is looking to identify two teenagers who allegedly tampered with the organ and sound system. According to a Facebook post from Immaculate Conception Church, the teens entered the building at 5:45 p.m. Friday, May 3. The organ wasn’t functioning for the church’s two First Holy Communion masses on Saturday. “It was […]
Foundation tied to organ transplants may have taken your money
WORCESTER — A Worcester woman feels betrayed by a national foundation that helped families raise money to cover medical expenses, and she has a warning for others who did business with the organization — you, too, may have lost money. Christina Norris said the National Foundation for Transplants kept thousands of dollars that her family raised to […]
‘Check the box’ — Manchester event promotes organ donation awareness
Apr. 30—Five years on, Kate Ammon still has trouble talking about it. The Francestown resident lost her sister, Erin Thomas, to a traumatic brain injury suffered in an accident five years ago at the far-too-young age of 42. But — as she puts it — her sister had ‘checked the box’ on her driver’s license […]
Dad of Boy Found Covering Brother in Deadly Fire Says Seeing Heartbeat Was ‘Most Painful’ Before Organ Donation (Exclusive)
3-year-old Zachariah and 6-year-old William Brice died following a house fire — now, their organ donations could save many other lives Courtesy of Jamey Brice William (left), Zachariah The parents of two boys who died of smoke inhalation in a house fire in Northern Virginia last week say their legacy will impact dozens of lives […]
Alabama prison warden facing recent drug charges also named in missing inmate organ lawsuit
LIMESTONE COUNTY, Ala. (WHNT) — Chadwick Crabtree, Correction Warden III at Limestone Correctional Facility, has been employed with the state prison system for over two decades. However, his future with ADOC is in question after a recent arrest on drug charges last week. His wife, Melissa Crabtree, was also arrested and charged. Athens man arrested […]
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Organ donations are available to unvaccinated Canadians
Claims spread across social media that organ transplant recipients in Canada are required to be vaccinated. This is missing context; individual medical centers set policies, with most recommending potential organ recipients maximize their protection, including via Covid-19 jabs, but several groups have lifted pandemic-era mandates. “It is now 2024 and unvaccinated Canadians still can not […]
Why it matters that the aorta is now classified as an organ
The aorta, the body’s main artery, is being given a special honour of the medical world: recognition as an independent human organ. “This is a big step,” says Martin Czerny from the Freiburg University Hospital in Germany. “Recognising the aorta as an organ puts it on a par with the heart, lungs and brain.” The […]