Keokuk man’s organ donation helps others live on
Nathan Bowden of Keokuk was 20 years old when he died in a car crash in 2009. Nathan had agreed to be an organ and tissue donor, which was indicated on his Iowa driver’s license. Those donations have gone on...
Read MoreNominations now open for the 2024 Comcast Community Champion of the Year
Vote for NASCAR driver Joey Gase, representing the Iowa Donor Network in the 2024 Comcast Community Champion of the Year
Read MoreBremer County DMV, Iowa Donor Network honor living organ donor in Waverly
A plaque honoring living organ donor April Wilson will be unveiled at noon Tuesday at the Bremer County DMV, located at 415 E. Bremer Ave., Suite 1, in Waverly.
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Celebrating Donate Life Month
The past month has been a special one for us at Iowa Donor Network as we observed National Donate Life Month. During April, we partnered with healthcare agencies, DMVs, community partners, and donation advocates, all united by the common goal...
Read MoreOrgan Donation and Donate Life Month
April is designated as National Donate Life Month and is noted as a time to raise awareness about organ donation and having more people register as donors.
Read MoreGenesis child psychologist travels to Egypt to offer services
Dr. Ahmed Elmaadawi is the chair of the Department of Psychiatry at Genesis Health System in Davenport. He has been with the hospital for about two years, but has spent the majority of his career working in the Midwest.
Read MoreIowa Navy veteran creates art after life-saving kidney transplant
A kidney transplant at the Iowa City VA Medical Center has given a navy veteran a new lease on life. Navy veteran Jeffrey Pruitt was diagnosed with renal failure and was told he had six months before he’d be incapacitated...
Read MoreHow one transplant helped an Iowan make lifelong friends
In 1999 Crystal Ellis was just starting college when she faced a life-changing injury; when a virus spread to her eye, scarring it, she would risk losing it entirely. She needed a transplant.
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