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Vanessa L. Gibson and donor families mark Donate Life Month at Montefiore and urge more organ registrations
Summary
At a Montefiore Medical Center event for Donate Life Month, Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson and donor-family speakers shared personal accounts and urged New Yorkers to register as organ donors; officials said the Bronx has the lowest donation rates in New York City (data not specified).
Montefiore Medical Center hosted a Donate Life Month event where Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson and donor-family speakers urged more New Yorkers to register as organ donors.
Vanessa L. Gibson, Bronx borough president, said the issue is personal: “In my own family, I had two of my family members that were diagnosed with end-stage renal failure and unfortunately passed away before they could ever receive a kidney transplant,” she said, urging Bronx…
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