Independence Health System to honor organ transplant patients, encourage donations in April
Independence Health System will honor patients awaiting organ donations in April for Donate Life Month.
Participating hospitals Frick in Mt. Pleasant, Latrobe and Westmoreland in Greensburg will kick off the month with a flag raising on Friday .
The health system is uniquely positioned to inspire the community to donate, said Chief Medical Officer Dr. Carol Fox.
“The more people we can inspire to become organ donors, the better we can serve our mission to be advocates for the well-being of our entire community,” Fox said in a statement.
The health system will also celebrate Blue and Green Day — a national day of recognition for organ donations — by wearing blue and green to work on April 12. There will also be a private flag raising at the Butler Memorial Hospital intensive care unit.
More than 100,000 people across the country are awaiting an organ transplant, according to the Center for Organ Recovery Education, a nonprofit that is partnered with 150 hospitals and health care facilities. About 7,000 of these patients live in the state.
Quincey Reese is a TribLive reporter covering the Greensburg and Hempfield areas. She also does reporting for the Penn-Trafford Star. A Penn Township native, she joined the Trib in 2023 after working as a Jim Borden Scholarship intern at the company for two summers. She can be reached at qreese@triblive.com.
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