Wife Of Man Who Survived Near-Fatal Gunshot To Head Says Hospital Told Them To Consider Organ Donation
Lin Herby and Jamal Collins have lived together, but in April 2020 their journey made a tragic transformation. Collins, an entrepreneur and father, was shot by Minneapolis’s head. According to WCCO News. “At 9:45, his friend called me, and he said,” Jamal is shot and he is dead, “Harvey said. more: https://t.co/eecdtno9sy -Rocal 12/WKRC-TV (@local12) […]
Home To World’s Largest Functioning Pipe Organ To Close, Dwindling Company Announces
The Macy’s store on Philadelphia’s Market Street, home to the world’s largest pipe organ, will close, the company announced Thursday. Macy’s approved statement Sixty-six stores, including the historic organ home, will close. The closures come as the company looks to return to “sustainable and profitable sales growth.” The Center City Philadelphia store was completed in […]
New bill to prevent organ harvesting filed in Legislature
New legislation has been introduced to deal with the storage of prisoners' organs after death in prison. Rep. Chris England (D-Tuscaloosa) is the sponsor of this bill, the latest of a number of criminal reform bills he has introduced this early Congress. The bill states that a medical examiner “may not preserve the entire organs […]
Donated Blood or an Organ? Police Shouldn’t Have Easy Access to Your DNA, by
In 2015, after being arrested for DUI, Ian Mitchum agreed to have a blood sample taken to test his blood alcohol level. He was told the samples would be destroyed after 90 days. Instead, law enforcement held it for his three years. Later, without obtaining a warrant, detectives used this old blood sample for a […]
Donated Blood or an Organ? Police Shouldn’t Have Easy Access to Your DNA
In 2015, after being arrested for DUI, Ian Mitchum agreed to have a blood sample taken to test his blood alcohol level. He was told the samples would be destroyed after 90 days. Instead, law enforcement held it for his three years. Detectives then used this old blood sample without obtaining a warrant for an […]
1,500 People Need an Organ Transplant in Colorado
If you’re familiar with organ transplants, you’ve probably struggled with needing an organ transplant either personally or for a loved one. A few years ago, my mother wanted to qualify for a liver transplant. I had to learn everything. Unfortunately, she didn’t qualify. i didn’t know anything about it. I also didn’t know how many […]