Reader comments: Hospitals honored for organ donations

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Please donate organs | 6:35 a.m. Oct. 16, 2008
Thank you for this wonderful article. My husband (age 28) will eventually need a liver transplant (due to autoimmune disease) and I am so grateful for those who are willing to donate their organs in order to give people a second chance at life!
PSPam | 1:40 a.m. Oct. 19, 2008
It is a good reminder for people to sign their organ donor cards. I don't know what the ratio is for other organs but right now 2/3 die waiting for livers. I have Hepatitis C and many of my friends do as well and right now Hep C is the leading cause of liver transplants. I am tired of losing friends that are waiting on a list. Please sign your donor cards and talk to your family about your wishes. Thank you for the article!

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Gerri Osman talks with media Wednesday after a program at the Capitol to honor six Utah hospitals for their work to increase organ donation rates. Osman's son Sebastian was killed in an auto-pedestrian accident and had his organs donated. (Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News)
Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News
Gerri Osman talks with media Wednesday after a program at the Capitol to honor six Utah hospitals for their work to increase organ donation rates. Osman's son Sebastian was killed in an auto-pedestrian accident and had his organs donated.