Lake Pointe Medical Center joins national Hospital Donor Registration Campaign

Campaign strives to add 300,000 organ donor registrations in the U.S.

Lake Pointe Medical Center, a part of the Lake Pointe Health Network, has joined the Hospital Donor Registration Campaign as a Hospital Partner.

Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, the campaign brings together National Partners, local and regional organ, eye, and tissue donation organizations, and hospitals throughout the nation to educate employees and hospital communities on the importance of organ, eye, and tissue donation.

The goal of the campaign is to register 300,000 new registered organ donors by April 30, 2012.

“Organ donation saves countless lives each year. As a Leadership Circle Hospital (top 20 donor hospital for Transplant Services), Lake Pointe is a strong supporter of organ donation and understands the powerful impact it has on our community,” stated Eric Evans, CEO of Lake Pointe Health Network. “With your support and donor registration, we can save even more lives in the future. I strongly encourage everyone to sign up to give the gift of life.”

Lake Pointe Medical Center has partnered with Transplant Services at UT Southwestern to bring the Hospital Donor Registration Campaign to the communities served by Lake Pointe Medical Center.

The need is real. Each day, 78 Americans receive life-saving organ transplants and thousands more benefit from cornea and tissue transplants. These extraordinary gifts have been generously donated by ordinary people of all ages and backgrounds who took just a few minutes in a busy day to indicate their decisions to become organ and tissue donors. But broader awareness of the need for organ, eye, and tissue donation is crucial.

There are more than 111,000 people awaiting an organ transplant in the United States and each week, more than 100 people on the national transplant waiting list die because no organ is available.

In Texas, there are 11,092 people waiting for an organ transplant (source: US Department of Health and Human Services).

Here are some facts about organ, tissue, and eye donation:

• One organ donor can save as many as eight lives and improve many more through eye and tissue donation.
• Organ transplants have been successfully saving lives for more than 50 years.
• Cornea transplants have been successfully restoring sight for more than 100 years.
• Donated tissues such as skin, bone, and heart valves can dramatically improve the quality of life for recipients, and even save lives.
• Anyone can sign up to be a potential donor regardless of age, race, or medical history.
• More than 90 million people in the United States have registered their decision to donate.

Give the gift of life. Sign up today to become an organ, eye, and tissue donor.

To learn more about organ, eye, and tissue donation, and to register your donation decision, visit https://www.donatelifetexas.org/TXDear_Secure/DonorRegistration.aspx.

For more information about Lake Pointe Medical Center’s participation in this campaign, contact Bobby Montgomery at robertr.montgomery@tenethealth.com.

For more information about Transplant Services Center go to completingthecircle.org, or call the Outreach Staff at 214-645-8361.

For more information about the national WPFL Hospital Campaign, visit organdonor.gov.

Thanks to Bobby Montgomery, Director, Marketing and Sleep Medicine, Lake Pointe Health Network, for submitting this news.

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