"I was happy, but on the other hand, I knew someone had died," said Lopez, now 66. Each organ donor can save up to eight lives. Gift of Life Michigan said the number of organ donors has been going ...

Since 2016, the percentage of people from diverse backgrounds on the Michigan Organ Donor Registry rose from 23.9% to 49.5% by the end of 2023, according to Gift of Life Michigan.

Gift of Life Michigan held its annual "Check Your Heart" rally Tuesday to raise organ donation awareness. Supporters are also following some pending legislation.

The Michigan Secretary of State has played a pivotal role in growing and maintaining the state’s organ donor registry database for years. But when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the subsequent ...

Michigan is ringing in the new year with a whole new set of laws. The minimum wage will be jumping up $0.20 on Jan. 1, with a bigger increase to nearly $12.50 by mid-February. Workers are also in ...

Currently, 56% of Michigan adults are on the organ donor registry, with 95% of those individuals opting in on Secretary of State forms, Wells-O’Brien said.

Signing up to become an organ donor can be done in four ways: on Gift of Life Michigan’s website, through the Secretary of State’s office, when applying for a hunting or fishing license, and ...

The organ donor was not a Michigan or Ohio resident, according to MDHHS. The department said it is not providing any additional information about the resident or the donor.

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Last year marked a record year for organ and tissue donation in Michigan, as more than 2,000 people provided donations of either organs or tissue. Despite the 8% increase ...

Dils' own organ agency, Gift of Life Michigan, usually gets five to 10 calls a week from people asking how to remove themselves from that state’s list. In the last week, her staff handled 57 ...

Organ donation is heavily regulated and overall safe. Like any medical procedure, there is the potential for surgery-related complications like bleeding and infection, according to the Mayo Clinic.

Michigan takes big steps in organ donation in 2024 by: Matt Jaworowski. Posted: Jan 10, 2025 / 02:34 PM EST. ... More than 206,000 Michiganders joined the state’s Organ Donor Registry.