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Concern over 'significant decline' in kidney transplants from living donors
Almost 2,000 people in Ireland are on dialysis.
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Almost 2,000 people in Ireland are on dialysis.
The NHS has teamed up with the dating app for an organ donor campaign.
The change in the law aims to increase the number of donors by 25%.
I’m 38, a mother to two boys, and I have just been handed a death sentence.
The Murphy family appeared on The Late Late Show last night to promote organ donor awareness.
Claire is now 21, but at 18 she found out she had serious medical problems with her kidneys.
Her grandmother wants to raise awareness about organ donation.
Or should people still have to explicitly say they are willing to donate their organs?
The IKA wants a registry system to be introduced.
The Sunday Game pundit was on hand to launch Northern Ireland’s first Organ Donation Family Discussion Day.
“She wanted to live with every fibre of her being.”
Helen Taylor, a Cystic Fibrosis sufferer, has been on the organ transplant waiting list for almost a year.
Vera Dwyer was given days to live in 1988.
Recipients of organs thank their donors in music video.
However, the HSE said there is still a need for more organ donations.
‘Alan’s Sports Extravaganza’ will take place on August 2nd in UL to honour the memory of the late Mayo man and increase awareness on organ donation.
Today is the final day of Organ Donor Awareness Week.
Rory Doherty’s sister said she is “so incredibly proud” that her brother was one of the 86 people last year who gave a lifeline to someone in need.
Ireland currently has an opt-in system, do you think that should change?
The students will have their project implemented during organ donation week.
The actor spoke about his wife’s passing during an interview with CBS’s Anderson Cooper.
Transplant operations were at a high last year, but hundreds are still on waiting lists.
In total, 293 transplants were carried out in 2013, beating 2011’s record of 275.
Former Gaelic Football star Joe Brolly says the €3 million pledged for a state of the art organ donation system will save lives.
Shane O’Connell is currently in intensive care, and it is hoped he will get to be back in Kerry for Christmas Day.
The head of the Irish Kidney Assocation says James Reilly “hasn’t been good enough” on organ donation.
Next Monday night’s programme focuses on Brolly’s campaign to reform Irish organ donation practices after he donated a kidney.
Taidhg Burke, bass player with recent Hot Press cover stars The Calvanists, died following a car crash in Bantry last weekend.
The 27-year-old encouraged people to carry organ donar cards and to be aware of “the immense difference a transplant can make”.
Shane O’Connell is one of those 650 and has been living in the Mater Hospital for almost a year.
An Oireachtas Committee said the change could “vastly increase” Ireland’s rate of organ donation.
The Deise players will all be displaying the Organ Donor E-card with one of their selectors himself a living kidney donor.
The Seanad has made the correct decision not to annul a Statutory Instrument on organ donation and transplantation – but much improvement is still needed in the area, writes Senator Colm Burke.
The Fianna Fáil health spokesperson spoke today from Portugal about why he missed the debate on organ donation legislation.
Fine Gael’s Colm Burke had criticised fellow senator, Fianna Fáil’s Mark Daly, for his action over organ donations legislation.
Earlier this week Health Minister James Reilly began a consultation process to decide on whether organ donation should be made an ‘opt-out’ system.
A new system is being consider where it will be assumed that everyone has given their consent to donate their organs after death.
The Department of Health is considering a new system where people are assumed to consent to donate their organs after death.
A campaign in the US last year resulted in a 21-fold increase in registration.