Mount Carmel Health System Hopsitals Earn National Recognition for Promoting Organ, Eye and Tissue Donation

February 24, 2025                                            
 

Three hospitals in the Mount Carmel Health System have 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. Mount Carmel East and Mount Carmel Grove City earned Platinum level recognition and Mount Carmel St. Ann’s earned Gold level recognition for conducting awareness and registry activities between October 1, 2023 and September 30, 2024.

“We believe in the profound impact that organ, eye and tissue donation can have on saving and enhancing lives,” said Patty Bump, Nurse Manager of Surgical Trauma ICU and Intermediate Care Units at Mount Carmel East. “Our participation in the DoNation Campaign and this recognition underscores our committee to donating the ultimate gift – the gift of life.”

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. Mount Carmel Health System 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! For more information about the DoNation Campaign, visit: https://www.organdonor.gov/professionals/workplace/partners

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.

 

About Mount Carmel Health System
Mount Carmel Health System, a member of Trinity Health, has provided high-quality, comprehensive healthcare services in central Ohio for more than 135 years. Our team of more than 8,200 colleagues, 1,920 physicians and 420 volunteers provide compassionate, people-centered primary and specialty care at its five hospitals — Mount Carmel East, Mount Carmel Grove City, Mount Carmel New Albany, Mount Carmel St. Ann’s and Diley Ridge Medical Center, an affiliation of Mount Carmel and Fairfield Medical Center. The health system is also comprised of the Mount Carmel Health Plan, Mount Carmel College of Nursing, Mount Carmel Medical Group and Mount Carmel Health Partners, along with surgery centers, emergency and ambulatory care centers, and hospice and home care services throughout the region.