As the liaison between Minnesota's organ procurement organization and Rochester's hospitals, Cathy Dudley has worked with the families of deceased organ donors for more than a decade.
MANKATO — Blue Earth and Nicollet counties have more people registering as organ donors than the state average, but overall rates aren’t keeping up with the demand.
After experiencing liver failure and receiving a new liver in 2022, a longtime Rochester resident faced an uncommon hurdle: the need for another organ transplant.