DERBY - Griffin Hospital recently received the Health and Human Services Work Place for Life Gold Recognition Award from New England Donor Services for raising awareness about organ donation.
The WPFL Hospital Campaign encourages hospitals to coordinate donor awareness and registry enrollment activities with their staff, patients, and community members.
The goals of the campaign are to increase organ and tissue donation awareness in the surrounding community, cultivate a hospital culture that incorporates educating and registering potential donors as part of their standard mission, and provide online organ and tissue donor registration opportunities.
Griffin was a valued partner of New England Donor Services for the 2018 campaign, assisting in 11 tissue donations.
Partners in the WPFL campaign are committed to building awareness of the critical need for organ, eye, and tissue donation registration. According to New England Donor Services, there are more than 110,000 people in the U.S. are on the waiting list for a life-saving organ transplants.
Griffin was a valued partner of New England Donor Services for the 2018 campaign, assisting in 11 tissue donations.
Partners in the WPFL campaign are committed to building awareness of the critical need for organ, eye, and tissue donation registration. According to New England Donor Services, there are more than 110,000 people in the U.S. are on the waiting list for a life-saving organ transplants.
One donor has the potential of saving up to nine lives through organ donation and can enhance the lives of 50 people through tissue donation.
For more information about organ donation, visit donatelife.net.
For more information about organ donation, visit donatelife.net.
This is a press release from Griffin Hospital.
