organ donation

WASHINGTON (AP) — If Roland Henry had died in a different part of the country, his organs might have been recovered. And lives could have been saved. But the local organ collection agency said no. It gave no reason, no explanation to his family, though the Connecticut man appeared to be a well-qualified donor despite […]

A grieving mother who lost her teenage daughter provided the gift of life to one of her closest friends. Vicki Olds, of Illinois, lost her daughter, Domonique “Nikki” Smith, at age 18 last year but donated her child’s heart so that her friend could live, reports ABC News. The touching tale unfolded after Old’s daughter passed […]

  Jack D. Lynch is the Director of Community Affairs for the Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network. Born and raised on the south side of Chicago, in the early ’90’s Lynch was contacted to facilitate a discussion with the King family on protocols for organ donation. The King family wanted James Earl Ray […]

In a tragic story out of New York City, parents of a toddler who is now brain-dead and was allegedly killed by the mother’s husband are fighting over whether or not the child’s organs should be preserved. Terrell Smith, 26, the child’s father and 25-year old Teoka Spruill, the mother, will meet in Family Court […]