by Sean Fitzpatrick | Nov 5, 2024 | Debunking Myths, News
A recently published peer-reviewed article in Critical Care Medicine, a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine, found major that Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs) approached families for organ donation at the same rates, regardless of race or ethnicity....
by Sean Fitzpatrick | Sep 15, 2024 | News
The nation’s two foremost organizations representing expertise in donation and transplant warned federal policymakers this week that the US’ world leading system of organ donation and life-saving transplant will be jeopardized if policy is driven by misinformation,...
by Sean Fitzpatrick | Jul 31, 2024 | Uncategorized
Despite record levels of donation and transplant, faulty federal regulations threaten the closure of organ procurement organizations across the United States. The New Hampshire Bulleting is covering the issue indepth… “We recognize no regulation is ‘perfect,’...
by Sean Fitzpatrick | Jul 31, 2024 | Milestone, News
In June 2024, organ donation in New England attained a new monthly record high when New England Donor Services as coordinated a record breaking 64 organ donors resulting in 154 life-saving organs for transplant from those donors. “This record month of...
by Sean Fitzpatrick | Apr 13, 2024 | Debunking Myths
NEDS is concerned that national NPR aired a segment on April 13, 2024 (“Patients die every day waiting for organ transplants. The problem isn’t a lack of donations”) which included a number of false, misleading and unsupported statements. In this segment, NPR only...
