The Sheamus brothers and Sean Fitzpatrick celebrated the 50th anniversary of a live donor kidney transplant at a fundraising event held at Egan, Mount Temple on Saturday. Published: March 21, …
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Kidney Transplantation
Cashel rock rocks turn purple as a Tipperary woman finishes a 180km walk for the Irish Kidney Association
Alison, 48, from Tipperary Town, will launch an epic fundraiser on Thursday, March 6th, and hopes to complete it on Cashel on March 13th. Diagnosed as a young man with …
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There are over 6,000 people in the UK awaiting a kidney transplant. Of these, about 90 are from Northern Ireland. International hockey coach Graeme France spoke to us on this …
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Dialysis
HSE Kidney Services to Reconstruct the Life of Chronic Kidney Disease Patients
by HMIby HMIColm Henry HSE Chief Clinical Officer Ph.D. HSE said that kidney services across the country are changing the lives of patients with chronic kidney disease and improving quality of life …
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To request an organ donor card visit http://www.ika.ie/request-an-organ-donor-card This link will give you all the different ways of …
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*Maureen Hand and Dermot Hayes. A national fundraising drive and information campaign has begun to celebrate World Kidney Day. As part of World Kidney Day today (Thursday), the Irish Kidney …
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Kidney Transplantation
A critical breakthrough in the battle with Ireland's surgical history and kidney disease
by Mindoby MindoIn the summer of 1972, Peter McLean created a medical history by performing Ireland's first live kidney transplant in a breakthrough that changed the lives of hundreds of patients. However, …
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Organ Donation
Allison Fogerty continues his 180km walk today to raise awareness and funding for the Irish Kidney Association
Alison Fogerty, a woman from Tipperary Town, is taking a 180km walk today to raise awareness of organ donation and raise funds for the Irish Kidney Association. Allison says she …
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Kidney Transplantation
Ireland's Kidney Association settles legitimate lines with Beaumont Hospital to seize its Kidney Support Centre
by Ray Managhby Ray ManaghWe need your help now Support from readers like you will keep the journal open. You are visiting us because we have something you cherish. Independent and unbiased news that …
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Dialysis
There is no kidney dialysis, so I want to be free for others too – Ireland's time
by Orla Tinsleyby Orla TinsleyAs I was free, I was thinking about the powerful words that American novelist Toni Morrison and she spoke to O-Oprah Magazine in 2003. If you have some power, your …