A guy goes into a bar, and leaves with one less kidney. That’s a joke Mark Scotch tells about his life. It’s only a slight exaggeration: A chance encounter in 2020 did lead to him donating a kidney — although not quite in the way he expected. Scotch, then 64,... The post The ‘Domino Chains’ Transforming Kidney Donation appeared first on Reasons to be Cheerful .
Merlyn Paul and Maggie Paul write on the organ donation system In TheIndiaForum: On 10 February 2026, Dr Thankam Subramonian, a consultant in foetal medicine and obstetrics and gynaecology at Manipal Hospital, Bengaluru, became the first anonymous kidney donor in Karnataka. Despite the dominant organ donation legislation in the country—the Transplantation of Human Organs and […]
OneLegacy ambassador, Kim Payne, shared with us how she weathered the devastating loss of her grandson, Malaikye, by becoming an advocate for organ donation.
When Malaikye, or “Kye” as his family calls him, was born in 2010, Kim was closely involved in caring and raising him while her daughter (Kye’s mother) returned to work. Malaikye was a healthy, happy sixteen-month-old when he died suddenly a…
The Grief of Unexpected Loss, and the Healing Power of Deciding on Organ Donation
OneLegacy ambassador, Kim Payne, shared with us how she weathered the devastating loss of her grandson, Malaikye, by becoming an advocate for organ donation.
