Donate Life Month flag raising ceremony
HCA Florida Sarasota Doctors Hospital holds a special flag raising ceremony to help raise awareness and to honor organ donors and their families.
Colleagues at HCA Florida Sarasota Doctors Hospital held a special flag raising ceremony to observe National Donate Life Month. Each year in April the observance encourages people to learn about organ and tissue donation and how to register to help save lives. Hospital colleagues, nurses and physicians were joined by Jill Rust. Rust, a Bradenton resident, received a kidney donation and transplant in 2010. She spoke about her transplant and how a donation from a deceased donor impacted her life. She shared a special word of thanks to ICU and critical care nurses who support patients and families through the organ donation process, when a patient is identified as a potential donor. The Donate Life flag was solemnly raised and will fly the entire month of April in front of the hospital.