You can also see the video and read the full news story on www.wkyc.com which is titled "Living Donors Help Ease the Transplant Waiting List" by clicking here.
Monday, September 9, 2013
The Importance of Living Donors
The video embedded below tells the story of a man who life was saved through the process of living organ donation. His story is powerful and shares some interesting facts about living donation that some may not know. We encourage you to watch this powerful video below.
You can also see the video and read the full news story on www.wkyc.com which is titled "Living Donors Help Ease the Transplant Waiting List" by clicking here.
You can also see the video and read the full news story on www.wkyc.com which is titled "Living Donors Help Ease the Transplant Waiting List" by clicking here.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
The 600th Heart Transplant
Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute will celebrate the 28th anniversary of its heart transplant program later this year. However, before reaching their anniversary, they passed another milestone. Doctors there recently performed their 600th heart transplant.
Saint Luke's is one of the top transplant centers in the country and has the only adult heart transplant program in the Kansas City area. In fact, Saint Luke's has the only active transplant program for adults between Denver and Kansas City.
In addition to the milestones mentioned above, Saint Luke's :
Read more - sacbee.com artitle titled "Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute Performs 600th Heart Transplant" ,
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In addition to the milestones mentioned above, Saint Luke's :
- annually performs more heart transplants than 80% of heart transplant centers in the country,
- has averaged 37 heart transplants per year for the last 8 years when most other centers do less than 20,
- has shorter waiting times for transplants than most other U.S. transplant centers, and
- received the Medal of Honor from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for increasing the number of available organs.
Read more - sacbee.com artitle titled "Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute Performs 600th Heart Transplant" ,
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
900 Miles to Save Lives
Richard Gates recently completed a 900-mile bicycle ride to raise awareness of the importance of organ and tissue donation. The journey took Gates from Pittsburgh, PA to Boston, MA where he was met by the doctors and nurses who cared for him when he received his heart transplant almost 10 years ago.
Gates referred to his trip as "Tour de Second Chance" and said he wanted people to understand that he was only able to make the long bike trip because someone had chosen to be an organ donor. He also hoped it showed transplant patients they can lead full lives after their transplant.
For more information about organ and tissue donation, or to learn how to register as an organ and tissue donor in the state where you live, please visit our website, www.SaveLivesTN.org, by clicking here.
Read more : boston.cbslocal.com article titled "Heart Transplant Recipient Arrives in Boston After 900-Mile Bike Ride"
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For more information about organ and tissue donation, or to learn how to register as an organ and tissue donor in the state where you live, please visit our website, www.SaveLivesTN.org, by clicking here.
Read more : boston.cbslocal.com article titled "Heart Transplant Recipient Arrives in Boston After 900-Mile Bike Ride"
Monday, August 26, 2013
Congratulations
Today, all of us at the Tennessee Organ Donation Foundation offer our congratulations to all the great people at the Mayo Clinic in Arizona. Recently, doctors, nurses, and others there reached a remarkable milestone - their 2000th kidney transplant !! The truly remarkable thing about this milestone is that approximately half of these transplants were accomplished with living kidney donors.
The Mayo Clinic in Arizona began performing kidney transplants in 1999. With their 2000th, they become one of the top 10 largest kidney transplant programs in the country. The Clinic is also one of the leading centers for performing paired kidney exchanges, which help increase the pool of kidneys available for transplant.
Besides Arizona, the Mayo Clinic also has campuses in Florida and Minnesota where kidney transplants are performed, also. When you combine the number of kidney transplants performed at all the Mayo Clinic locations in these three states, the Mayo Clinic becomes the #1 kidney transplant center in the U.S. doing more kidney transplant than anyone. We congratulate them for that, too, and on behalf of the 2000 kidney recipients who have received the gift of life at one of their campus locations, we say, "Thank You."
Read entire article : www.YumaNewsNow.com article titled "Mayo Clinic In Arizona Completes 2000th Kidney Transplant"
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Besides Arizona, the Mayo Clinic also has campuses in Florida and Minnesota where kidney transplants are performed, also. When you combine the number of kidney transplants performed at all the Mayo Clinic locations in these three states, the Mayo Clinic becomes the #1 kidney transplant center in the U.S. doing more kidney transplant than anyone. We congratulate them for that, too, and on behalf of the 2000 kidney recipients who have received the gift of life at one of their campus locations, we say, "Thank You."
Read entire article : www.YumaNewsNow.com article titled "Mayo Clinic In Arizona Completes 2000th Kidney Transplant"
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