Swedish Medical Center is at it again.
Just a few weeks after live streaming a sleep study and a few months after live-tweeting a surgery, the Seattle-based hospital has shifted its attention organ donation.
This time, there's a mountain involved.
A team of doctors from Swedish Medical Center will try to summit Mount Rainier this week. They'll be live streaming the climb, talking about the need for organ donors.
Tuesday, two Swedish doctors, a radiologist and the CEO of LifeCenter Northwest started the climb.
On Wednesday, they'll pause to live stream a chat about why people should register as organ donors, using "backpack" technology powered by solar energy.
Here's what they want you to know, according to a statement from Swedish:
"More than 108,400 people are currently waitlisted to receive an organ transplant in the United States, according to the United Network for Organ Sharing. A new name is added to this waiting list roughly every 10 minutes, and an average of 17 people die each day while waiting for a transplant."
Another group will host the chat from Swedish, talking with a patient who recently received a kidney transplant.
The live stream is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. Wednesday. You can tune in here.
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