organ donation

News 4’s Chris Gordon explains how you can help one local couple searching for a donor. To help call: 202-715-4225 or visit https://www.gwhospital.com/conditions-services/transplant-institute/gift-of-life

An uncle’s spontaneous decision to become a liver donor not only saved his 1-year-old nephew’s life, it also dramatically changed his. own.

A Maryland woman decided that her time would be best spent by doing something nice during the pandemic — so she decided to give her kidney to a complete stranger.

News4’s Aimee Cho captured the moment the woman and the man who received her kidney met for the first time.

A Michigan nursing assistant contracted coronavirus from a patient and unknowingly spread it to her family before realizing she was sick. After her husband suffered serious complications, she’s now on mission to save his life by donating her kidney.

A single organ donor can save eight lives. But in April, the number of transplants and donors was cut in half. Anyone who tests positive for the virus can’t donate organs or tissues. News4’s Chris Gordon spoke with an Alexandria woman whose life depends on getting a transplant. To learn how to become a donor, visit BeADonor.org.

A Maryland bill would increase the tax credit that living organ donors receive to $10,000, up from $7,500

News4’s Jummy Olabanji interviews Deanne Blankenship, founder of Holly’s Heart Foundation, which provides stuffed animals to the families of organ donors who died. Blankenship’s daughter saved four lives through her donation. “It makes it feel like she’s with me still,” Blankenship said as she held her daughter’s stuffed Zebra.