Faith Viewpoints and Organ Donation
November is Faith and Hope Month, a designation to help raise awareness about faith-based perspectives on organ, eye and tissue donation and transplantation.
“More than 100,000 adults and children in the United States wait for life-saving transplants,” said Jan Costello, chaplain with Memorial Health. “Many people wonder how their faith tradition views organ donation and if it is an acceptable way to support others. Fortunately, every major religion in the United States views organ donation as an important expression of love, compassion and generosity. It’s an incredible gift for someone in need of life-saving organs.”
According to Gift of Hope, a single person can save up to eight lives as an organ donor, enhance the lives of more than 25 people through tissue donation and help restore sight for two people.
In the past year, 13 organ donors and 69 tissue donors have donated at Memorial Health hospitals.
In November, Memorial Health hospitals will host information tables and a complimentary green ribbon to encourage others to “Say Yes” to organ, eye and tissue donation:
- DMH: Barnes Lobby
- JMH: Cafeteria
- LMH: Outside of Woods Café
- SMH: Main Lobby
- TMH: Main Entrance
People interested in learning more about organ, eye and tissue donation can also go online to: https://giftofhope.org/join-the-registry/, https://saving-sight.org and https://www.eversightvision.org/.
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