organ donors

National Donate Life Month

More than 1,400 Mississippians are in need of a life-saving transplant. On any given day, an average of 22 people die while waiting for a transplant. News 25’s Toni Miles takes us to Memorial Hospital in Gulfport, as the Mississippi…

Organ donor families honored in Ocean Springs

April is National Donate Life Month. Two organ donors’ legacies are living on through the patients they helped survive. The families of those organ donors were honored by Singing River Health Systems during a special ceremony at the Ocean Springs…

April is National Donate Life Month

Just one organ donor can save the lives of up to eight different people and enhance the lives of up to 50 through tissue donation. In Mississippi, thousands of people are waiting on that lifesaving organ transplant. Today, News 25’s…

Organ Donor Recipient Tells Her Story

Around the nation more than 120,000 people are waiting for a life-saving organ transplant with 1,500 in Mississippi alone. With your help, those numbers could decrease. News 25’s Kristen Durand introduces us to one Vancleave woman who might not be…