Organ donation
GWR resumes accepting submissions from Israel, to recognize record of Israeli kidney donation org
This also marks the first Israeli record since the Guinness World Records resumed accepting submissions from Israel on January 15.
Family of Israeli killed in Thailand announces organ donations, saving four lives
New intestinal transplant procedure will allow patient to truly eat for the first time in 17 years
Beyond the headlines: Kidney donation record shows we all have something to give - opinion
Doctors 'resuscitate' and successfully transplant non-viable liver
Hagai Vyacheslav needed a liver transplant but couldn't receive one because he was considered too high risk of getting sick again.
Simhat Torah: Meet the Israeli nonprofits providing 'Torah happiness'
They may be ‘nonprofits,’ but there’s lots of reward in doing good & saving lives. Here are a few of my favorites.
Family donates corneas of soldier killed last week, restores sight for two
The two recipients, both in their 80s, were Binyamin Goren and Aviva Ra’anan, whose new corneas restored their sight.
Donated heart accidentally damaged before transplant at Sheba
A medical staff member accidentally put the donated organ into the wrong preservative, making it impossible to transplant.
Israeli hospital sets record with dozen kidney, liver transplants in two weeks
A dozen kidney and liver transplants in less than two weeks earns Hadassah in Jerusalem’s Ein Kerem a new Israeli record.
Terror victim Eytam Magini leaves the gift of sight after death
How does organ donation in Israel work, and how does one become an organ donor?
Organ donation in Israel: Sharing the good - opinion
‘Everything in my life is overflowing with blessing – I feel a need to share it’
17 lives saved with organ donations in 5 days
Are pig-human organ transplants allowed in Judaism?
While researchers still have a way to go, these promising developments raise the question of whether Jewish law supports using this technology.
Israel becomes world leader in live donor kidney donations - WHO
A new World Health Organization report listed Israel's yearly average number of living kidney donors as just over 30 people per million.
