Donor kidney waste to end in Southern Illinois
Desperate for kidneys, Southern Illinois lacks a cadaver donation system. Nursing coordinator Jane Swanson says procedures will be set up at Memorial Hospital Carbondale and Good Samaritan Mount Vernon within months. Hospitals currently donor awareness is low and retrieve teams are absent, limiting regional transplant access.
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Cathy A. Monroe
Southern Illinois.n
Southern Illinois
Jane Swanson
Swanson
Memorial Hospital
Carbondale
Good Samaritan Hospital of
Mount Vernon
Ms. Swanson
Center For Disease Control
Atlanta
Illinois
Memorial Hospital of Carbondale
J.L. Thurman
Thurman
Memorial Medical Center
Beverly Danhof
Bio-Medical Applications of
Illinois Transplant Society
Linda Kirk
The
Kidney donation system relies on cadaver organs across Illinois
Cadaver kidneys supply most of the nation’s 1978 transplants with seven Illinois centers, Memorial Medical Center in Springfield serving south of Bloomington and St. Louis area ties. Jane Swanson coordinates organ procurement, rapid preservation, and transport to match two recipients per donor via UNOS. Families pay nothing. Medicare covers transplant costs, while ethical questions and consent govern retrieval before transplantation.
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Linois Transplant Society
Kirk
Southern Illinois
Springfield
Veterans Administration Medical Center
Marion
SIU School of Medicine
Metro-East
St. Louis
Illinois
United States
Chicago
Illinois Transplant Society
Memorial Medical Center
Bloomington
Memorial’s
UNOS
United Organ Sharing
Best chance rests with eye donors
Eye donation offers greater odds than kidney donation. The Lions Foundation of Illinois coordinates cornea retrievals from cadavers and ships materials to eye banks. Local morticians trained as technicians handle nucleation and transport, aided by Air Illinois and Ozark Air Lines. Many more people can donate eyes than kidneys, as age and disease history often do not disqualify. Corneas can be retrieved up to five to six hours after death, with morticians in Carbondale, Murphysboro, Marion, and Pinckneyville named as key technicians. The St. Louis Eye Bank reports 491 eye operations last year and 1,078 eyes donated. remaining eyes went to research.
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Lions Foundation of Illinois
Springfield Memorial Medical Center
Springfield
Lions Foundation
Lions Clubs
Air Illinois
Ozark Air Lines
Sharon Altobelli
James and
Mary Lou Walker
Walker Funeral Home
Carbondale
Gene Pettett
Pettett Funeral Home
Murphysboro
Bob Wilson
Wilson Funeral Home
Marion
Robert E. Heisner
Pyatt Funeral Home
Charles Schwebel
Doerr- Schwebel
Pinckneyville
St. Louis
Dear Ann Landers helps parents with teen troubles
A reader seeks advice on a mother’s concerns about her 16 year old daughter Wanda dating a 20 year old college junior. The column discusses teen behavior, communication, and birth control, recommending a thoughtful approach and referencing a book How to Survive with Your Teenager by Joel Wells. The notice promotes the Thomas More Press guide for parents.
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Ann Landers
Wanda
Steve
Joel Wells
Thomas More Press
W. Huron
Chicago
Ill
Teen-agers Hold Door Keys and Pocket Computers
Erma Bombeck notes three marks of modern teens: clothes stamped with names, pocket computers within reach, and carrying their own door key. By age five, a child may own over three thousand keys and average three weekly break-ins. The standard response to lost keys triggers a stalling game as mothers juggle calls and delays.
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Erma Bombeck
United States
At Wits End: latchkey children a bold, self-reliant generation
A columnist warns that neglected children become resourceful at breaking in and escaping danger. Through vivid anecdotes a child climbs a 12 by 18 inch chimney and is rescued by firefighters, illustrating risky ingenuity of latchkey youth and the likelihood of repeat attempts.
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Harold
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