Area donors honored at annual Tournament of Roses Parade
NORWICH – Watching the Tournament of Roses Parade is a New Year’s Day tradition for many families. For some individuals, watching the parade is even more than a tradition – it is validation of a life-changing decision to provide life to a tissue or organ recipient. This year will be no different.
Over the past years, Donate Life, a national network of organ and transplant organizations, has been a major participant in the parade, honoring the relationship between these organizations and the hospitals they partner with as well as those families and individuals who have chosen to donate life. .
This year’s Donate Life float in the Rose Parade will be covered with roses dedicated to the memory of organ and tissue donors in the year 2012. In addition, some transplant recipients will be riding on the float and other recipients and families of donors will be honored guests at the parade as well.
All UHS hospitals, which include UHS Wilson Medical Center, UHS Binghamton General Hospital, UHS Chenango Memorial Hospital and UHS Delaware Valley Hospital, participate in regional donor recovery networks and eye and tissue banks. They partner with regional, state and national health care organizations to educate the public about the importance of tissue and organ donation and how they can become donors. They assist with community events and provide support for donation services and families of donors.
At UHS Delaware Valley Hospital and the UHS hospitals in the Binghamton area, when there is a donor, the hospital contacts the donor family to inform them when a “Donate Life” flag will be flown for a week in honor of their loved one. After that time, the donor recovery network has the flag cleaned, packaged and sent to the donor’s family with a letter of recognition as a memorial tribute.
To enroll as a donor, use the New York State Donate Life Registry at www.NYHealth.gov/donatelife.
Over the past years, Donate Life, a national network of organ and transplant organizations, has been a major participant in the parade, honoring the relationship between these organizations and the hospitals they partner with as well as those families and individuals who have chosen to donate life. .
This year’s Donate Life float in the Rose Parade will be covered with roses dedicated to the memory of organ and tissue donors in the year 2012. In addition, some transplant recipients will be riding on the float and other recipients and families of donors will be honored guests at the parade as well.
All UHS hospitals, which include UHS Wilson Medical Center, UHS Binghamton General Hospital, UHS Chenango Memorial Hospital and UHS Delaware Valley Hospital, participate in regional donor recovery networks and eye and tissue banks. They partner with regional, state and national health care organizations to educate the public about the importance of tissue and organ donation and how they can become donors. They assist with community events and provide support for donation services and families of donors.
At UHS Delaware Valley Hospital and the UHS hospitals in the Binghamton area, when there is a donor, the hospital contacts the donor family to inform them when a “Donate Life” flag will be flown for a week in honor of their loved one. After that time, the donor recovery network has the flag cleaned, packaged and sent to the donor’s family with a letter of recognition as a memorial tribute.
To enroll as a donor, use the New York State Donate Life Registry at www.NYHealth.gov/donatelife.
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