She got unexpected grief from fellow immigrants in her Long Island neighborhood who believed myths about organ donation, like doctors selling body parts.
“So many people told me not to do it,” said Veliz, 38, who ignored the naysayers and let her son’s organs be harvested.
“But it really helps me to know that he lives on in others.”
Veliz, who is from Honduras and lives in Hempstead, is starting a foundation and website — www.oscarvelizfundation — to encourage other Latin American immigrants to consider organ donation.
Julia Rivera of the New York Organ Donor Network said Hispanic enrollment in the state registry of willing donors is low.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/mom-yolany-veliz-turns-son-tragedy-fight-gift-life-urging-hispanics-donate-organs-article-1.1013798#ixzz1kz4EE255
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