In honor of National Donate Life month in April, Plains Regional Medical Center is helping to save lives by launching a hospital and community campaign to increase organ and tissue donation education and registrations.
3/7 Letters to the editor
March 6, 2006
Principal squelching students’ rights As a student at Clovis High School, I feel the student body has been stifled concerning our freedom of speech. A protest planned by students was stopped by Principal Jody Balch, who made threats of suspension and expulsion. Many students would have attended the protest aimed at a planned schedule change […]
Some readers would give organs for free
December 6, 2003
Project: Reader Reaction A recent Project: Reader Reaction question asked about donating organs and whether participants would accept money for them. Some responses: “When I die my family knows to donate whatever I have to help someone else to survive. I don’t think anyone should except money for organ donations.” — Mearl Thomas, Clovis “I […]
No real reason to prohibit organ sales
December 4, 2003
Thomas Sowell It was gratifying news when fans around the country volunteered to donate their kidneys to basketball star Alonzo Mourning, who would otherwise have to cut short his career because of life-threatening medical problems with his own kidneys. However, the head of the New York Organ Donor Network said it was a shame “that […]
