Cruising through Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in a plastic police car, a pint-size officer hands out stickers and tickets, and tells all the nurses to remember his name: Zachary Danger […]
Other Categories:
EMMAUS, Pa. — Alecia McFadden was told she would likely never be able to have children, but those odds were no match for her strong will. “Now, I have my […]
Other Categories: Media Coverage, Multicultural Stories, Transplant Stories
PHILADELPHIA, May 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Independence Blue Cross (Independence) kicks off National Nurses Week, May 6-12, with the announcement of 2020 Celebrate Caring winners and honorees. Celebrate Caring recognizes […]
Other Categories:
Nineteen times last year, Temple University Hospital employees traveled to Philadelphia’s Gift of Life Howie’s House to cook meals for organ transplant patients and their families who are staying there. […]
Other Categories:
Virtual support for Gift of Life Donor Program’s 2021 Donor Dash, originally scheduled for April 19th but postponed due to COVID-19, was outstanding! Organ donation advocates participated by walking and […]
Other Categories: Donor Dash
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – The coronavirus pandemic is impacting organ transplants. Donations are down and some transplants have been put on hold, but the most serious cases are still happening. Hospitals […]
Other Categories:
As the coronavirus has ravaged society, leveled the economy, and buckled systems, it has created devastating losses. The loss of lives is the hardest, but even more widespread is the […]
Other Categories:
Grief is a universal response to loss. Most of us think of grief in terms of responding to the death of someone we love, but we can also experience grief […]
Other Categories: Uncategorized
Philadelphia, PA –National Donate Life Month, celebrated each April, is usually filled with events recognizing the life-saving and life-enhancing power of organ and tissue donation. This year, all public events […]
Other Categories:
Nicholas Podoletz watched at least a dozen people die who he had gotten to know during his four years undergoing kidney dialysis treatments. One, a 33-year old woman, Podoletz remembers […]
Other Categories: