Sioux City, Iowa (RI) — April is National Donate Life Month, and MercyOne Medical Center in Sioux City held its annual ceremony Wednesday to raise an organ donor flag to remind everyone of the importance of donation. The Iowa Donor Network’s John Jorgensen talked about the past year.
Jorgensen says it was the second straight year for record tissue donations. Jennifer McDonald shared the story of her husband Steven, who donated his organs.
She says she found out firsthand how important organ donations can be.
There are 600 people in Iowa and more than 104 thousand Americans overall currently waiting for a life-saving organ transplant. You can register as an organ donor at iowadonornetwork.org.
(By Woody Gottburg, KSCJ, Sioux City)
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