MT. ASCUTNEY HOSPITAL AND HEALTH CENTER WELCOMES 2018 MISS VERMONT JULIA CRANE TO PROMOTE ORGAN DONATION
WHAT:
In-person interview availabilities with 2018 Miss Vermont Julia Crane, who will be visiting Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center to talk about the life-saving importance of organ donation, distributing printed materials, answering questions, and posing for pictures. April is National Donate Life Month, focusing attention on organ, eye, and tissue donation and transplantation. In 2018, more than 36,500 transplants brought renewed life to patients and their families, including a personal friend of Julia Crane who received a double lung transplant last year. More than 110, 000 people are currently awaiting transplants, with nearly 8,000 people dying per year because the organs they needed are not donated in time. These pressing statistics and her personal experience inspired Julia Crane to use her platform as Miss Vermont to persuade people to register to become organ donors. (Statistics from the Donate Life America Quarterly Registry Overview Report and the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) as of January 16, 2019.)
WHO:
Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center (MAHHC) spokespersons and Miss Vermont 2018, Julia Crane
WHEN:
Tuesday, April 23
11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
WHERE:
Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center 289 County Rd., Windsor, VT
VISUAL OPPORTUNITIES:
2018 Miss Vermont Julia Crane, in her sash and tiara, with Donate Life materials
About Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center
Founded in 1933, Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center (MAHHC) is a not-for-profit community hospital network in Vermont including the critical access-designated Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Historic Homes of Runnemede, a senior residential care campus, in Windsor, as well as the Ottauquechee Health Center in Woodstock. A system partner of Dartmouth-Hitchcock, MAHHC provides primary care and a comprehensive suite of specialty services, along with 25 inpatient beds, a therapeutic pool and an acclaimed, fully modernized 10-bed Acute Rehabilitation Center. Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center is dedicated to improving the lives of those it serves and is at the hub of a wide network of community resources that have partnered to cover gaps in services, and improve overall population health. One of the largest employers in the area, MAHHC acknowledges its employees as its greatest asset and has been recognized by the Governor’s Office with an Excellence in Worksite Wellness award.
Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF), is a recent recipient of Best Practice recognition by the National Rural Health Association (NRHA) for health care quality, and is recognized by the American Hospital Association (AHA) as one of the “Most Wired” hospitals for integration of technology to boost clinical performance. The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) has awarded MAHHC with Level 3 status, the highest level of medical home designation.
About New England Donor Services
New England Donor Services coordinates organ and tissue donation in the six New England states and Bermuda. Through its two affiliated organ procurement organizations, Life Choice Donor Services ( LCDS ) and New England Organ Bank (NEOB) and its centralized tissue donation services operation, NEDS serves thousands of donor families each year who have generously made the decision to donate and honors the wishes of those who registered as donors and gave the gift of life. Responsible for two of the 58 OPOs that make up the nation’s donation system, NEDS works with nearly 200 hospitals and serves 14 million people in our region, screening nearly 50,000 potential donor referrals annually. Working sensitively with the donor families, NEDS staff leads donation authorization discussions, maintains medical support of potential donors, coordinates recovery surgeries, allocates organs according to the national transplant waiting list and directs transport of organs to transplant centers and tissues to processors.
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