# Organs

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# Belgium

Cork University Maternity Hospital apologises after babies' organs were incinerated

The organs of 18 babies were sent to Belgium along with clinical waste, prompting an investigation.

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Sep 28th 2021, 8:58 PM

# Organ Trafficking

Kosovo asks Cyprus to extradite man accused of organising over 30 illegal kidney removals

The ‘mastermind’ has been hunted by authorities for almost a decade.

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Jan 14th 2018, 6:00 AM

# Organ Donation

Michael has had three transplants and is helping other patients come to terms with kidney failure

The former Dublin hurler is also receiving treatment for skin cancer.

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Jan 13th 2018, 6:30 PM

# Gift of Life

Meet the people who are on-call 24-7 to make sure organ transplants happen

“A death has occurred, but a life is also saved and enhanced.”

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Jun 11th 2017, 8:30 PM

# rare illness

6-year-old girl needs a new kidney and liver to survive

She has been on the waiting list since December.

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Apr 8th 2016, 8:52 AM

# NHS

Tinder encouraging users to swipe to donate their organs

The NHS has teamed up with the dating app for an organ donor campaign.

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Dec 14th 2015, 2:25 PM

# Kentucky

Man accused of eating woman's organs has rape added to charges

Joseph Oberhansley is charged with murder and abuse of a corpse.

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May 5th 2015, 9:33 PM

# Organ Donation

A mystery stomach pain led to a massive medical discovery for this teenager

Claire is now 21, but at 18 she found out she had serious medical problems with her kidneys.

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Apr 4th 2015, 9:00 AM

# organ donor week

Alan's family decided to donate his organs after seeing a recipient on TV

Alan Sweeney McBride from Westport was involved in a road traffic accident in Sligo – his organs went on to save six others.

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Apr 3rd 2015, 6:03 AM

# Organs

"Disappointing year" for organ donations - just 63 in the whole of 2014

But there were a record number of heart transplants.

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Jan 2nd 2015, 6:45 PM

# Guinea

Ebola education team killed amid fears of organ harvesting

The bodies were found in a septic tank of a primary school. 27 people have been arrested.

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Sep 24th 2014, 9:11 PM

# Gift of Life

Meet the people beginning a new life in 2014 thanks to organ transplants

2013 was a record year for organ transplants in Ireland – here are the stories of two people who have a new lease of life in 2014 thanks to the generosity of others.

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Jan 2nd 2014, 8:15 PM

# Transplants

Govt doing "bare minimum" to fix organ donation rates, says CEO

The head of the Irish Kidney Assocation says James Reilly “hasn’t been good enough” on organ donation.

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Nov 16th 2013, 7:30 AM

# Organ Donation

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

# organ donors

Irish Kidney Association calls for increased infrastructure for organ donation

The IKA said the proposed name change for the consent form will not necessarily increase our currant rate of donation.

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Mar 25th 2013, 6:59 PM

# bizarre bits

9 body parts that are (now) useless

Swivelling ears, tails, third eyelids… we humans used to be so pretty.

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Oct 21st 2012, 6:30 PM

# Regeneration

Scientists move closer to development of synthetic organs

Scientists from the University of Pennsylvania have made a structure out of sugar on top of which cells can be placed, which could lead to the growth of an organ.

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Jul 3rd 2012, 12:43 PM

# Social Network

Facebook asks members to add organ donor status to timeline

The social network says “simply telling people that you’re an organ donor” can help increase the number of people who sign up to donate.

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May 1st 2012, 3:00 PM

# Synthetic Organ

World's first synthetic organ transplant carried out in Sweden

The artificial windpipe was grown in a lab and transplanted into a 36-year-old man suffering from tracheal cancer.

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Jul 7th 2011, 9:40 PM