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10 – Year – Old Girl Being Denied Transplant because She's Not an Adult

Steve Trevelise — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 22:30:50 +0000

Ten year old Sarah Murnaghan of Newtown Pa. has been hospitalized for the last three months with end stage cystic fibrosis. She needs a lung transplant to live but organ donation rules require adult lungs to be offered first to people over the age of 12.

Organ Donation – Should You Be Coerced? [POLL]

Ray Rossi — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 02:21:29 +0000

With Former Vice President Dick Cheney's recent heart transplant in the news, what more opportune time to bring up organ donation; and how to encourage more of them.

So according to an op-ed piece publishe

A Call For NJ Organ Donors

Matthew White — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:20:00 +0000

With so many New Jerseyans on waiting lists, health officials are stepping up efforts to promote organ and tissue donations.