US authorities are moving to shut down Network for Hope, a Kentucky organ donation group, after allegations that staff pressed ahead with a 2021 organ recovery surgery despite the donor showing signs of life.
The Trump administration is shutting down Network for Hope, a Kentucky organ donation group, following allegations of safety failures and attempts to proceed with organ retrieval on patients showing signs of life.
Parents Beth and Malcolm Owen share that their 18-year-old daughter Menna saved two lives by donating her heart and lungs following a fatal epileptic seizure, as NHS urges more people to join the organ donor register.
India achieved a record 20,138 organ transplants in 2025, marking a 6.5% increase from the prior year and a fourfold rise since 2013, according to NOTTO.
Nine-year-old Dáithí Mac Gabhann, who inspired changes to Northern Ireland's organ donation laws, has received a heart transplant after an eight-year wait. His father, Máirtín Mac Gabhann, expressed immense gratitude to the donor family and reported Dáithí's amazing progress post-surgery at Freeman Hospital.
Germany's Bundestag has reopened a debate on switching to an "opt-out" organ donation system, where citizens are presumed donors unless they object. This renewed push, six years after a similar proposal failed, aims to increase donor numbers amid a long waiting list, despite opposition citing bodily inviolability.
A report indicates three-quarters of UK millionaires would pay more tax. The author argues for an opt-out "solidarity tax surcharge" to convert willingness into revenue, citing behavioural research on opt-in vs. opt-out systems.
A 14-year-old Sudanese boy received a second chance at life after a heart transplant at Apollo Hospitals in Delhi. The donor heart was flown in from Panchkula, Haryana, where 41-year-old Sudeshna Singh, a teacher and wife of a serving Indian Army officer, was declared brain dead after a severe brain haemorrhage. Her family consented to organ donation. The transplant was completed successfully within a critical four-hour window, with a green corridor ensuring rapid transport from the airport.
