RWJBarnabas Health Raising Awareness for National Donate Life Month
Margarita Camacho, MD, Spearheads Systemwide Support for Life-Saving Donation; Dr. Camacho Soon to Reach Milestone 650 Heart Transplants
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WEST ORANGE, N.J., April 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/
RWJBarnabas Health, the largest, most comprehensive academic health care system in New Jersey, is supporting National Donate Life month in April by raising awareness of organ donation within the communities it serves. At Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, an RWJBarnabas Health facility, the Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Heart Transplant Program has transplanted over 1,100 healthy hearts, a milestone made possible only through the aid of organ donors and their families.
We don t have anywhere near enough vaccine to serve this population right now, said Rattay.
On day one of the webpage launch, 56,000 Delawareans requested a vaccine appointment in Group 1B.
Rattay suggested friends, family and neighbors help seniors who aren t comfortable registering for the vaccine online.
In Pennsylvania, you re asked to book a vaccine appointment using a map of providers on the state webpage.
In Philadelphia, you can only express interest online, then the Department of Health will contact you. When people are eligible, we will contact them about how to scheudle an appointment, said Dr. Thomas Farley, Philadelphia Health Commissioner.