As a transplant recipient, I was deeply touched by the article, “Through opioid epidemic, more organs available for transplant patients.” I have great respect for those families that have the fortitude to […]
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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — There is a desperate request from a Northeast Philadelphia family as they are looking for a kidney donor for their 19-year-old son. Nearly 6,000 people in our region are […]
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The Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) Workplace Partnership for Life Hospital Organ Donation Campaign recognized more than 1,000 hospitals and transplant centers across the nation for their efforts to promote organ donation awareness […]
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An 8-year-old boy is now able to write, eat and get dressed on his own, thanks to a double-hand transplant performed just a few years ago. The case study, published Tuesday […]
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Kim Kamara of Germantown wasn’t pleased the day her 18-year-old informed her that he had gotten his driver’s license and had checked a box marking his intention to be an […]
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THE ISSUE The number of kidney, liver, heart and lung donors in Pennsylvania doesn’t come close to meeting the needs of those awaiting transplants, The Caucus, an LNP Media Group watchdog publication […]
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When Jenna Valle was born, the doctors knew something was wrong. They just did not know what that something was. After two weeks of tests, doctors discovered benign tumors on […]
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At the age of 69, Domingo Pena underwent a double lung transplant to fight against an incurable disease resulting from his service in the Vietnam War 50 years earlier. Then, […]
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Looking for the Pope Francis effect? For Augustinian Fr. Bill Waters, it’s alive and well at St. Augustine Church in Old City Philadelphia. A landmark near the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall, […]
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – It has been a tough road for Harrisburg High School senior Saderiah Wallace. She had to endure the disappointment of two kidney transplant cancellations, but things […]
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