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Covid-19 impacting patients' kidneys with many ending up needing dialysis
Irish authorities were ahead of the curve and got extra kidney treatment equipment and supplies after the disease outbreak in northern Italy.
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May 3rd 2020, 6:45 AM
Concern over 'significant decline' in kidney transplants from living donors
Almost 2,000 people in Ireland are on dialysis.
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Jan 3rd 2016, 5:17 PM
'Organ donor cards don't work anymore, we need a new approach'
The IKA wants a registry system to be introduced.
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Dec 8th 2014, 7:15 AM
'Helen didn't get lungs ... but we’ll make sure other people get them because of her'
“She wanted to live with every fibre of her being.”
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Dec 1st 2014, 6:45 AM
Organ Donation: The donors and the people they save
Today is the final day of Organ Donor Awareness Week.
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Apr 5th 2014, 10:45 AM
"Legislature should not be excluded from transplant debate" - Micheál Martin
Micheál Martin accused the Government of trying to “dominate who debates what” in the Oireachtas.
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Aug 15th 2013, 10:20 AM
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.
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Mar 30th 2013, 8:00 AM
Carry an organ donor card... in your smartphone
As Organ Donor Awareness Week is launched, iPhone and Android users alerted to ECard option…
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Mar 26th 2012, 7:15 AM