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If you or someone you know is willing to consider kidney donation , please reach out. Your generosity could give me second chance of life”. Please help this bright girl & give her a chance .

I want to know about living kidney donation. And after donate kidney how to make healthy my body

In order to find out more about living kidney donation, you can contact the Portland Maine Transplant Program and they will get back to you. www. mmc.donorscreen.org.

They had no idea these routine workouts would lead to one of the most meaningful friendships of their lives and an incredible act of kindness: a living kidney donation. Learn more about Jey and JJ's story at: https://www.kidney.org/news-stories/gym-buddy-to-best-friend-to-living-kidney-donor

Supporters of the End Kidney Deaths Act hope that offering an incentive for living donation will increase the number of donors.

Supporters of the End Kidney Deaths Act hope that offering an incentive for living donation will increase the number of donors.

Supporters of the End Kidney Deaths Act hope that offering an incentive for living donation will increase the number of donors.

Read his inspiring story. https://www.kidney.org/newsletter/childhood-promise-to-life-saving-act-kidney-donation-story

Hear her amazing story. https://www.kidney.org/newsletter/life-changing-decision-how-tania-s-kidney-donation-transformed-lives

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Should kidney transplant patients know when a kidney offer is turned down? Discover how transparency can empower waitlisted patients to make informed decisions about their health. https://www.kidney.org/news-stories/giving-people-kidney-transplant-waitlist-voice-organ-offers

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