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Today, a father is giving his kidney to his son, Minister of Health and Wellness Dr. Michael Darville said yesterday.
Decades ago, Melbourne man Steve Liston heard a story on the radio about the need for kidney donors. He never forgot it.The ...
Abigail Purser is a living kidney donor. She says she saw a Facebook post in 20-22 from a mom whose son needed a kidney and she wanted to help. She was familiar with kidney donation because her ...
Carol Carl and Stephanie Crane were strangers. Today, Crane left Strong Memorial Hospital with Carl’s kidney, thanks to a Facebook post that led to a lifesaving organ donation and a lifelong ...
It's been 51 years since St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton carried out its first living donor kidney transplant. Since then, the hospital's living kidney donor program has grown into one that's ...
I’m one of the lucky ones. I needed a kidney transplant due to a genetic condition called polycystic kidney disease. When I learned that more than 90,000 Americans remain on the kidney ...
Living kidney donation is crucial to address the organ shortage, but high costs deter potential donors. The End Kidney Deaths Act proposes a tax credit for living donors to alleviate financial ...
She has skin in the game, having received two living-donor organs. Writing in the Free Press, Satel promotes a bill that would allow kidney suppliers to become vendors and receive a tax credit.
Do you want to give the gift of life? Every day, lives are saved through organ and bone marrow donation – but the decision to become a donor is personal. WRAL News spoke with Carrie Simpkins ...
The first thing I said when they finished cutting out my kidney was, “Oh god, it hurts like a m*****f*****.” Don’t worry. I wasn’t the victim of a back-alley scheme to steal organs.