Health Matters: Television for Life

The Gift of Life: Organ Donations & Transplants

Preview: Season 17 Episode 1703 | 30s

Over 100,000 people in the U.S are on an organ donation list, and 20 die each day waiting for transplants. Only 3 out of 1,000 are able to donate organs after they die. Health Matters introduces you to someone whose life was saved by a transplant, you’ll meet a living donor and get the latest transplant and organ donation information from health care professionals.

Aired: 01/23/20 | Rating: NR

Production funding provided by Providence Inland Northwest Washington

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• Heart Transplant Recipient Brian Starr

  Clip: S17 Ep1703 | 2m 29s

• Kidney Transplant

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