To learn more about organ donation, please visit. Just one donor can save up to eight lives. On average, 20 people die every day while waiting for a transplant. A KODA organ donor quilt will be on display.Īccording to KODA, every 10 minutes, someone is added to the national transplant waiting list. SMMC staff will be registering organ donors and answering questions regarding organ donation. Location: The flagpole at the SMMC entrance and Facebook Live Time: 11 a.m. On this day each year, the public is encouraged to wear blue and green and engage in sharing the Donate Life message. SMMC will participate in this statewide event to highlight that one donor can save eight lives with a moment of prayer, via intercom throughout the hospital.Īs part of National Donate Life Blue and Green Day, SMMC and KODA representatives will raise the Donate Life flag after a brief ceremony. Representatives from CHH and KODA will be registering organ donors and answering questions regarding organ donation. Location: The flagpole at the CHH entrance and Facebook Live 9:45 a.m. Masks are required and social distancing guidelines will be followed. The flag-raising will be followed by a moment of silence for one minute to recognize the more than 100,000 patients waiting for a life-saving transplant. CHH will observe the statewide Pause to Give Life Event during the ceremony by raising the Donate Life flag at 10:00 a.m. Representatives from CHH and Kentucky/West Virginia Organ Donor Affiliates (KODA) will be present as the Donate Life flag is raised, following a brief ceremony. The schedule of events is as follows: Monday, April 18 Mary’s Medical Center (SMMC), members of Mountain Health Network (MHN), have scheduled events to commemorate the month. Plus, an organ has to be a match for the organ transplant recipient. National Donate Life Month, held each April, is dedicated to encouraging individuals to register as organ, eye and tissue donors and to celebrate those who saved lives through the gift of donation. Did you know that an organ donor can save up to eight lives and enhance over 75 other lives through tissue donation However, to be an organ donor, one has to be registered. Mountain Health Network hospitals schedule 2022 Donate Life Month events
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