MANSFIELD – OhioHealth Mansfield Hospital has earned national recognition for its efforts to increase organ, eye and tissue donor registrations through the 2024 DoNation Campaign.
The Campaign challenges organizations to educate their staff, visitors and communities about the critical need for organ, eye and tissue donation, including offering opportunities to register as organ donors. Mansfield Hospital earned Platinum level recognition for conducting awareness and registry activities between October 1, 2023 and September 30, 2024.
“At OhioHealth Mansfield Hospital, we have the sacred responsibility to support families dealing with tragedy,” said Mansfield and Shelby Hospitals President Curt Gingrich, MD. “The ability to partner with Lifeline of Ohio to offer organ and tissue donation to these families can bring hope and comfort during a time of loss. Thank you to Lifeline of Ohio for their leadership and support in helping us support the communities we serve.”
The Campaign is a national initiative that unites the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration and the organ donation community with workplaces across the nation in spreading the word about the importance of donation. Mansfield Hospital worked with Lifeline of Ohio to leverage its outreach efforts.
Every nine minutes, another person is added to the national organ transplant waiting list, reaffirming the critical and growing need for more registered organ, eye and tissue donors. You can sign up to be a donation hero today by visiting http://registerme.org.
For more information about the DoNation Campaign, visit: https://www.organdonor.gov/professionals/workplace/partners
About OhioHealth
Based in Columbus, Ohio, OhioHealth is a nationally recognized, not-for-profit, charitable, healthcare outreach of the United Methodist Church.
Serving its communities since 1891, OhioHealth is a family of 35,000 associates, physicians and volunteers, and a network of 15 hospitals, three joint-venture hospitals, one managed-affiliate hospital, 200+ ambulatory sites and other health services spanning a 50-county area. For more information, visit ohiohealth.com.
About Lifeline of Ohio: Founded in 1984, Lifeline of Ohio is an independent, non-profit organization, that promotes and coordinates the donation of human organs and tissue for transplantation. Lifeline of Ohio serves 97 hospitals and facilities in 38 counties in Ohio and two in West Virginia and is designated as an organ procurement organization through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.