More than 7,300 New Yorkers need kidney transplants, but fewer than 2,000 transplants occur in the state every year. One reason for low kidney donation rates is that donating a kidney is costly for donors, who generally must pay significant medical and travel expenses as well as lost wages. A new bill would remove those …
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‘Family Voucher Program’ ensures living kidney donors’ families are protected
With the National Kidney Registry’s Family Voucher Program, kidney donors can list up to five family members that don’t have any kidney disease at present. If one of those voucher holders should ever develop kidney disease in the future, they can use the voucher to go the front of the line for a living donor …
Colorado kidney donors can prioritize loved ones for future transplants through voucher program
Coloradans who are interested in donating a kidney, but are worried they won’t be able to help if a family member gets sick later, have the option of getting a “voucher” to shorten the wait for a loved one if they need a transplant in the future.
NY man gives kidney to stranger, climbs Mt. Kilimanjaro: ‘A wonderful thing’
Steve Wilson may have only one kidney, but that hasn’t slowed him down. After donating one of his kidneys a little over two years ago, he was determined to prove that the procedure didn’t change his lifestyle—so he climbed to the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro.
Your View: The transformative feeling of saving another’s life through kidney donation
In March I donated a kidney. I’d like to share a bit about the experience in the hopes of raising awareness about living donation, the desperate need for kidneys and how you could help, too.
The Maine Millennial: I’ve got good news about kidney donation – pass it on
Regular readers may remember my friend Ted, who was in need of a kidney transplant and who was going to be difficult to find a match for. A few weeks ago, Ted got a kidney. As for me, I am continuing my quest to be a living kidney donor. If I’m accepted as a donor, …
‘Seems like a no-brainer’: Utah woman donates kidney to friend through national registry
Not long ago, if you wanted to donate a kidney to a loved one, the odds were usually against you. You likely weren’t the right match. Now, thanks to the power of large numbers and algorithms and the National Kidney Registry, that doesn’t matter anymore.
Keck Medicine shows solidarity with living kidney donation advocate
Each day, an average of 13 people die while waiting for a kidney transplant, but living kidney donations can be a highly effective countermeasure. It’s a message that Mark Scotch has taken on the road. The 66-year-old is an avid long-distance cyclist and founder of The Organ Trail, a series of cycling trips spanning several states developed to raise …
April is National Donate Life Month
Transplants transform lives and reshape futures. These lifesaving procedures wouldn’t be possible without a simple yet selfless decision from an organ donor.
Mercy Health Kidney Transplant Center is first and only center in Michigan to participate in National Kidney Registry
The Kidney Transplant Center at Mercy Health has performed more than 2,800 kidney transplants and is the first and only center in Michigan to participate in the National Kidney Registry, which is the largest paired donation program in the world.