ERMC participates in national organ donor drive

National Hospital Campaign aims to register 300,000 new organ, eye, and tissue donors by April 30, 2012

More than 111,000 people in the United States are waiting for a life-saving organ transplant according to the United States Department of Health and Human Services. Today, 18 of them will die because not enough organs are available for transplantation. Hundreds of thousands of others whose lives would benefit from the gift of tissue and eye donations continue to wait and hope.

In Michigan, there are currently 3,000 people waiting for an organ transplant. Eaton Rapids Medical Center (ERMC) can help you give the gift of life. Recently, ERMC joined the WPFL Hospital Campaign as a Hospital Partner to work with organ donation organizations, national associations in the healthcare sector, and hospitals nationwide to register 300,000 new donors by April 30, 2012.

One organ donor can save the lives of up to eight people, and those who give tissue can improve the quality of life for up to 50 sick or injured people. Adding more names to the state's confidential database will make more organs available for the 3,000 people waiting in Michigan for a second chance at life.

ERMC is asking the entire community to help save lives by taking a few minutes to sign up for the Michigan organ donation registry Gift of Life Michigan by visiting www.giftoflifemichigan.org. For more information or assistance contact Lindsay at 517.663.9524.

Article posted on December 22nd 2011.