A while ago in this space we related the ordeal of Anthony Milisci, whose liver began to fail during his senior year at Greater Lowell Technical High School. And though his condition deteriorated, that all changed in April 2019, when the transplant of a donor’s liver gave him a new lease on life. Now a senior at UMass Lowell, he’s become a donor advocate, helping to inform people about the lifesaving opportunities of organ and tissue donation.
If the United States followed Singapore’s example, they’d be no urgency in promoting the need for organ donors, as was done at Lowell City Hall last week. In that southeast Asian country, all citizens above the age of 21 automatically become enrolled in an organ-donation program. Though well known for its high level of health care, Singapore had a […]
LOWELL Anthony Milisci’s liver began to fail in his senior year at Greater Lowell Technical High School. He experienced crushing fatigue, felt “crappy” and had jaundice, a condition in which bilirubin, a bile pigment, seeps into a person’s blood, turning their skin and eyes yellow.
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LOWELL The last time U.S. Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey were in Lowell, they came bearing a check for $21.4 million in federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding for four Mill City bridges that span canals fed by the mighty Merrimack River.