Daily News | Philly based nonprofit led nation in coordinating organ donations in 2022
A Philadelphia based organ donation program led the nation in 2022 for coordinating the most organ transplants in the U.S., and the most donors for the 15th year in a row.
In 2022, the organization coordinated organ donations from 690 people who died, leading to 1,744 organ transplants. The majority of transplants — just over 1,000 — were of kidneys.Richard Hasz, president and chief executive of Gift of Life Donor Program.The organization is one of over 50 nationwide that jumps into action when a person dies in a hospital.
“It only takes 30 seconds to register to be a donor but that 30 seconds can mean a lifetime for somebody else,” he said.Althea Fogle has experience with all aspects of organ donations. In 2012, her 22-year-old daughter, Tiffany, died of a pulmonary embolism.Because her daughter died on the way to the hospital, she wasn’t able to be a solid organ donor. Still she was able to donate tissue.
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