Living donation is when a person donates one of their kidneys or part of their liver to another person. Living donors are often relatives, loved ones, or friends, but can also come from anonymous people. [vid_tags]
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Many people have misconceptions about organ donation, particularly in Pakistan. We’d like to clarify that donating your kidney will not impact your health. Kidneys are donated after a donor has been declared healthy and all the work is done to ensure no harm is done. Yes, there are many precautions that are needed to be […]
When a mother learned her son needed a kidney transplant, she knew she had to try to help. But when they weren’t a match, she joined the paired kidney exchange program — saving not only her son’s life but another patient’s as well. Watch in this video: 🔹 How a paired kidney exchange works 🔹 […]
The human body is incredible! Dr. Eugenia Tsai shares how living liver donation allows a portion of a healthy liver to regenerate in both donor and recipient, offering a lifeline to patients with liver disease. Discover the power of both living liver and kidney donation. Consider becoming a living donor. Discover how at https://www.universityhealth.com/services/transplant-care/living-donation. [vid_tags]
The kidney transplant team at UC San Diego Health are experts in the complex care of living donors. Our interdisciplinary team includes dedicated living donor specialists who provide medical, surgical and psychological support for potential donors. Living donation is an extraordinary, life-saving option that helps eliminate the risks of waiting. More about Kidney Care at UC San Diego Health: […]
University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System Liver Transplant Team explains the living donor liver process for those interested in donating a portion of their liver to help someone in need. For more information, please call 312.996.6771 to make an appointment to speak with the team. hospital,health,care,living organ donation,liver,transplant,liver transplant,liver diesease,liver donation,organ donation
Learn about the non-medical risks associated with being a living liver donor and available resources to help make an informed decision, as explained by Megan Homsy, LISW-S, a transplant social worker at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. For more information about liver transplantation at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center – Comprehensive […]
Dr Evi Karathanasopoulou, Principal Investigator in this project, received funding in the summer of 2019 in order to investigate the positive societal impact that some of the work produced by final year students in the BA (Hons) Media Production course can have. As unit leader of the large Graduate Production Project unit (and, at the […]
Josh was on dialysis 3 times a week and was facing many years on the deceased donor kidney list. Then a living donor came forward and offered to donate one of her kidneys. She said it was the best gift she had ever given to anyone. The ability to save a life is within you, […]