Minnie Hamilton Health System is pleased to announce we are joining Donate Life WV and the Center for Organ Recovery and Education (CORE) in efforts to save and heal lives through organ, tissue and cornea donation. We have also joined with other National Partners (national associations and advocacy groups in the healthcare sector), regional and local donation organizations, and their hospital partners to educate hospital communities on the importance of signing up to be a donor. The campaign, which has helped to register more than 419,000 people to state registries, aim to add more donor designations by April 30, 2024 with the help of our hospital and community.
Every 10 minutes a new person is added to the national organ transplant waiting list that is now over 110,000 people whose lives depend on an organ transplant. This week, more than 150 of them will die because not enough organs are available. While thousands of others whose lives would benefit from the gift of eye and tissue donation continue to wait and hope.
As a first step in our hospital’s commitment to this important campaign, we urge you to join us in registering your own generous decision to be an organ, eye, and tissue donor. To learn more about donation and to sign up as a future donor in West Virginia’s registry, please visit donatelifewv.org. You may also visit the Donate Life America registry by visiting www.donatelife.net. By taking a few minutes to register, you ensure that your desire to give this gift is officially recorded. You may someday be able to give the priceless gifts of life, sight, and mobility to another.
