Benchmark set for organ donation in Southeast Ohio | News, Sports, Jobs
Dear Editor, Lifeline of Ohio, along with organ, eye and tissue donors, passed the most significant benchmark in its 35-year history — 446 lives saved in 2020 through organ donation and transplantation. This number reflects the largest amount of lives saved and healed in the organization’s history. The federally designated OPO, serving Central and Southeast Ohio, coordinated lifesaving gifts from 165 organ donors in 2020, resulting in 517 organs transplanted. In addition, Lifeline of Ohio recovered healing gifts of tissue from 584 donors, while 234 cornea donors gave the gift of sight. Ne...
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