April is Donate Life Month and Mid-America Transplant Services was recognized today, by President Lewis Reed and the Board of Aldermen.
More than 1,300 St. Louisans are waiting for a lifesaving transplant organ, over 300 are African American. For some, a transplant is their only hope for survival. People who need an organ transplant are more likely to have success if the donor is someone from their own racial/ethnic group.
Read more: http://stlouiscore.com/blog/2012/04/27/donate-life/
{Register to be an organ,eye and tissue donor. To learn how, www.donatelife.net or www.organdonor.gov}
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