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From left, WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital RN Kasee Porter, Emergency Room Director Heather Merkel, CORE Professional Services Liaison Kayla Gray, and Director of Transitional Care Services and Quality Management Tami Magruder hold a flag that now flies in front of the hospitalâs main entrance honoring National Donate Life Month.
WHEELING While WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital had a banner year for organ, cornea and tissue donations in 2020, the need for donors in this area and the rest of the country remains great.
In that spirit, hospital employees raised a flag in front of the hospital’s main entrance Thursday morning in honor of April being National Donate Life Month and as a reminder of the crucial need for organ, cornea and tissue donations.
PVH to host ‘Donate Life’ event April 22
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Pictured prior to the pandemic are members of the color guard from American Legion Post #23 in Point Pleasant raising the Donate Life flag. (OVP File Photo)
POINT PLEASANT Pleasant Valley Hospital (PVH) welcomes the public to learn more about organ, tissue, and eye donation and hear from families of those affected by this lifesaving gift.
According to a news release from PVH, in partnership with CORE (Center for Organ Recovery and Education), the region’s organ donation organization, PVH will host a flag-raising ceremony to honor donors and recipients.
The flag-raising ceremony will take place at 11 a.m. on Thursday, April 22, outside the main lobby of Pleasant Valley Hospital, 2520 Valley Drive, with a reception to follow that is free and open to the public.
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HOLDEN â A symbolic âDonate Lifeâ flag-raising ceremony in honor of National Donate Life Month, which is observed every April, was held at the Logan Regional Medical Center Life Services Center building at Holden Road late Tuesday morning.
A host of employees from LRMC, including interim CEO Vickie Demers, along with organ transplant recipients and Jessica Wheeler from the Center for Organ Recovery and Education (CORE), were on hand for the event. Wheeler said the whole point of National Donate Life Month is to bring awareness to the importance of organ, tissue, and cornea donation.
Wheeler cited some of the statistics out of Logan in 2020.
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Staff at United Hospital Center in Bridgeport braved this weekâs cold snap to raise awareness about organ donation
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Staff from the Center for Organ Recovery and Education and United Hospital Center prepare to raise a flag to kick off National Donate Life Month Thursday.
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BRIDGEPORT â According to the Center for Organ Recovery and Education, close to 110,000 Americans are waiting for an organ transplant, including 2,500 residents of western Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
At least 20 people die each day without receiving the organs they need to survive and someone is added to the transplant waiting list every 10 minutes.