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April is national Donate Life Month, Idaho News 6 spoke to a local man who says organ donation saved his life.

The organization Donor Connect recently promoted organ donation at the Spring Fair in Pocatello.

Intermountain doctors performed 29 heart transplants in 2022, breaking a yearly record, and this year they performed 20 heart transplants before the end of June.

Intermountain doctors performed 29 heart transplants in 2022, breaking a yearly record, and this year they performed 20 heart transplants before the end of June.

Intermountain Health celebrated its 600th heart transplant on Tuesday. The program has grown significantly and is expected to reach a record number of transplants again this year.

Jim Calentino received his triple organ transplant, including a heart, liver and kidney, in December.

University of Utah Health doctors were able to use an innovative process to help Jim Calentino, through organs donated after circulatory death rather than brain death. This is a groundbreaking surgery for U. Health, and the process allows more organs to be available for others on the organ registry.

Intermountain Health announced Tuesday that it broke its own record for adult organ transplants during 2022, reaching 300 donations.

Utah-based Intermountain Health announced on Tuesday that it performed a record-breaking number of organ transplant surgeries in 2022, breaking its all-time high in 2021.