organ donation

Steve Smiley has stood outside the Rancho Bernardo Community Park almost every night for the past few months. He waved at every car and spoke to anyone who wanted to know about his sign: “Stephen Smiley needs a kidney! Can you help? “I was hopeful that I’d get some response, but I wasn’t sure what would happen,” Smiley said....

NBC 7’s Joe Little has an update on a story he brought you last week.

A local organ donation group, Lifesharing, honored a San Diego Fire-Rescue captain who saved lives even after he passed. Captain Robin Cervantes died in an off-duty accident in September of 2019. The 54-year-old father of seven daughters had encouraged his family to be organ donors.   “He really believed in education and science and advancing the medical industry,” Cervantes’ daughter…

The late captain’s organs helped save four lives. NBC 7’s Mark Mullen has the story.

Steve Smiley isn’t begging for money or work. He wants you to save his life.

NBC 7’s Joe Little brings us a story about a man who is counting on a stranger to save his life.

A Michigan nursing assistant contracted coronavirus from a patient and unknowingly spread it to her family before realizing she was sick. After her husband suffered serious complications, she’s now on mission to save his life by donating her kidney.

The nonprofit that coordinates organ donations in San Diego and Imperial counties said Wednesday that over 400 lives were saved through organ donations in 2019.