Richard Hasz, President and CEO of Gift of Life, says their organization needs more people to choose organ donation, as the supply is not coming close to meeting the demand. “It’s […]
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Loraine Ballard Morrill talks about National Donate Life Month, the Donor Dash and the pressing need for organ donation with Gift of Life Donor Program President and CEO Rick Hasz […]
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Clarence Banks regularly goes straight from 5 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. dialysis sessions to work as manager of Boscov’s in Camp Hill. Banks, 62, went most of his adult life […]
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Chris Dempsey figures he has written and re-written the letter at least 50 times. It’s for the family of the person who died and gave him a kidney. Dempsey, 36, […]
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JIM THORPE, Pa. — Jeff Kalage, a retired NYPD officer now living in Jim Thorpe, contracted Hepatitis A in April 2017. It’s normally a treatable condition. “Unfortunately, there is a […]
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John Evans was generous in life and death. When a brain aneurysm took his life in 2019, he saved five lives through organ donation.
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Every organ donor has the potential to save eight lives and help even more through tissue donation.
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PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — It takes dozens of people to make a transplant happen. The transplant coordinator is a crucial one, working for both the donor family and the recipients. “You’re […]
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PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — For families faced with suddenly losing a loved one, giving the gift of life not only provides hope to those awaiting transplants, but can also ease the pain of […]
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FURLONG, Pennsylvania (WPVI) — For 27 years, Don Polec kept the community laughing at quirky places and people. And for many of those years, Don was dealing with polycystic kidney […]
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