Organ Transplant Waiting Times Longer for Patients with Migrant Backgrounds in the Netherlands

Organ Transplant Waiting Times Longer for Patients with Migrant Backgrounds in the Netherlands

ANP Yvonne Roerdink a journalist Yvonne Roerdink a journalist Patients with a migrant background can wait longer for an organ transplant than people with a Dutch background. The Dutch Transplant Foundation, responsible for coordinating and facilitating organ donations and transplants, wants research into waiting times. People with a migrant background do not so often give … Read more

Young Rap Singer ‘Chucho de Celaya’ Honored for Organ Donation in Guanajuato

Young Rap Singer ‘Chucho de Celaya’ Honored for Organ Donation in Guanajuato

Guanajuato.- José de Jesús Aguilera Guzmánbetter known as “Celaya Chucho“, was a young rap singer who, even with his departure, helped other people by donating their organs. He was the 32nd organ donor so far in 2024 in Guanajuato. After dying on March 30 from a derrame cerebral in it General Hospital of Celaya, the … Read more

13-Year-Old Boy in Guangzhou Beaten Into Vegetative State by Classmates, Donates Organs to Save 7 Lives

13-Year-Old Boy in Guangzhou Beaten Into Vegetative State by Classmates, Donates Organs to Save 7 Lives

A 13-year-old boy in Guangzhou was beaten into a vegetative state by his classmates. After organ donation, he helped at least 7 people regain their lives. (Picture/reproduced from Sohu News) In Yangchun City, Guangzhou, mainland China, a 13-year-old male student was beaten to a vegetative state by his classmates. His parents later reluctantly donated their … Read more

Major Change in Organ Donation Process in Peru: Relatives Cannot Oppose Donor’s Decision

Major Change in Organ Donation Process in Peru: Relatives Cannot Oppose Donor’s Decision

By: María de los Ángeles Serrano In an exclusive interview with Latina Noticias, Juan Antonio Almeyda Alcántara, General Director of the General Directorate of Donations, Transplants and Blood Bank of the Ministry of Health (Minsa), provided details about the recent promulgation of Law No. 31756, which establishes significant changes in the organ donation process in … Read more

Groundbreaking Multi-Organ and Tissue Donation in Guadalajara Saves 200 Lives in 2024

Groundbreaking Multi-Organ and Tissue Donation in Guadalajara Saves 200 Lives in 2024

The first multi-organ donation of 2024 took place at the Juan I. Menchaca Civil Hospital, in Guadalajara. The donor was a 31-year-old man, who after suffering a motorcycle accident presented brain death. This young man’s family They made the decision to carry out the act of solidarity favoring 200 people who were on the waiting … Read more

Man’s Kidney Donation Saves Multiple Lives at IMSS in Hidalgo, Mexico

Man’s Kidney Donation Saves Multiple Lives at IMSS in Hidalgo, Mexico

A 48-year-old man who died from a cerebrovascular hemorrhage was the donor of both kidneys at the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) in Hidalgo. Through the Hospital Coordination of Organ and Tissue Donation of the General Hospital of the Zone with Family Medicine (HGZ/MF) No. 1 of Pachuca, a kidney procurement was achieved, after the … Read more

Parents in the aisle of honor to donate their baby’s organs move the networks: “So much pain and so much love”

Parents in the aisle of honor to donate their baby’s organs move the networks: “So much pain and so much love”

The recording of the last tribute that the hospital paid to the baby after suffering brain death moved Internet users. By: Paulina Flores DIC. 08. 2023 The reason this dad danced with his daughter in a hospital will move you to tears Add us to your home screen to visit us easier and faster Add … Read more

World’s First Robotic Total Liver Transplant Successfully Performed in Riyadh

World’s First Robotic Total Liver Transplant Successfully Performed in Riyadh

Riyadh – King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center in Riyadh is an unprecedented medical achievement. Robotic total liver transplantation was performed. This type of surgery is the first in the world. Successful transplantation was performed in a 60-year-old Saudi patient with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Executive Director, Center of … Read more

Promoting Organ and Tissue Donation Through a Walk in La Paz, Baja California Sur

Promoting Organ and Tissue Donation Through a Walk in La Paz, Baja California Sur

La Paz, Baja California Sur (OEM-Informex).- With the participation of dozens of citizens, the Ministry of Health of Baja California Sur developed a walk on the boardwalk of La Paz with the purpose of raising awareness in society about the donation of organs and tissues for transplant purposes that allows giving life, after life. It … Read more

Teenager with Rare Disease Finds Organ Donor in His Math Teacher

Teenager with Rare Disease Finds Organ Donor in His Math Teacher

It can’t be easy getting an organ transplant, especially for a kidney. The wait is long in hospitals and you may still not achieve that long-awaited operation. For this reason, when it is necessary, it is the same loved ones or close friends who are willing to donate their organs in order to save his … Read more