Tag: organ donation
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Governor kills bill that would have encouraged donation of organs and bone marrow; sponsor’s primary foe is son of Bevin appointee
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Matt Bevin has vetoed a bill that would have allowed Kentuckians to take time off of work to be “living donors” or donate...
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UK HealthCare performs longest kidney donor chain to date; most donors and recipients meet each other for first time
The University of Kentucky hospital recently performed its first kidney donor chain, and six of the eight patients who took part in it met their respective recipients or donors for...
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Stranger donates kidney after knowing recipient 5 minutes; could boost living kidney donations, which have better odds
Two strangers were randomly asked to take part in a five-minute demonstration of living art. It led to one of them donating a kidney to the other, Bailey Loosemore reports for The...
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Minorities need to ignore myths and sign up for organ donation, writes African American columnist for Herald-Leader
http://www.kentucky.com/2013/07/27/2736229/merlene-davis-minorities-need.html