by Medwatch 7 | Apr 29, 2025 | Organ Donation
Giving the gift of life through organ donation is not an easy decision. April is Organ and Tissue Donation awareness month and Comanche County Memorial Hospital with LifeShare Oklahoma is remembering the seven donors and celebrating the selfless act they did to save...
by Medwatch 7 | May 5, 2023 | Organ Donation
Did you know that one organ donation has the ability to save 8 people? And there’s almost 100,000 people waiting for a transplant. However a local organization is trying to help close that gap. The Comanche County Memorial Hospital held a flag raising ceremony for...
by Medwatch 7 | May 6, 2021 | Medwatch 7, Organ, Organ Donation
April is National Donate Life Month. It’s a month encouraging others to register as organ, eye, and tissue donors and to honor those that have saved lives through the gift of donation. Krystal Lewis, with LifeShare of Oklahoma, said there are more than 600 people in...
by Medwatch 7 | Apr 10, 2019 | Medwatch 7, Organ Donation
April is National donate life month. One organ donor can save up to 8 lives. It’s a selfless act that can change someone else’s life forever. Alex Armstrong was a soldier who served in the military for a year. He was 18 years old when he passed away...
by Medwatch 7 | Jan 9, 2019 | Medwatch 7, Organ Donation
Oklahoma has one of the highest number of registered organ donors in the country. However, there’s still about 700 people in the state, and 114,000 in the country waiting for their second chance at life. Melissa Alvillar’s father Brett Rankin, donated a kidney...
