This is the story that needs to be told. It’s about a little British boy named Max Johnson, age 10, at the door of death, waiting for a heart. This is also the story of a little British girl named Keira Ball, age 9, with a heart of gold. She saved the lives of Max and three other kids. … Continue readingA Heart-Warming Story
Should high-school students be taught about organ and tissue donations? Yes, according to a Bill that’s currently being debated in the state of Maryland in the US. … Continue readingTeach Organ Donation in High School?
He was in a clinically certified comatose state for 23 years! But he was conscious all, or most of the time. This is the strange story of Mr Rom Houben, a Belgian who was born in 1963 and suffered a car crash in 1983 that left him in a coma. Or did it? … Continue readingConsciousness in a Coma
Police in Islamabad busted a gang involved in trading in human organs when a gang member promised an ailing patient a fresh kidney for the equivalent of US$16,500 (2m Pakistan rupees) and scooted off. … Continue readingOrgan Gang in Pak Nabbed
On Aug 24, 2018, police in Vietnam arrested two human organ brokers who were conning kidney patients into parting with up to US$24,000 for kidneys. … Continue readingViet Cops Nab Two Organ Brokers
When you die, should your healthy organs be automatically available for transplant? Is this an ideal way to increase the number of organs available for transplantation? … Continue readingAn Excerpt from Organ Gold
The fallout from the Cambridge Analytica (CA) scandal has become a watershed moment, not just for social media, but also for the corporate world, and for the key companies involved. The Guardian newspaper headlined its story as “Facebook’s week of shame: the CA fallout” and noted that “US$60 billion was wiped off Facebook’s market capitalization in wake of Zuckerberg’s silence over the data breach.” … Continue readingPrivacy & Privilege