Charleston - AnMed Health Medical Center was one of 10 South Carolina hospitals received awards from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Sept. 30, 2009, for their success in increasing the number of organs available for transplantation. Our state’s 10 winners were among 428 of the nation’s hospitals that received the department’s Medal of Honor for Organ Donation during a ceremony at the 5th Annual National Learning Congress held in Grapevine, Texas.
Hospital executives, along with their respective partners in all 58 federally designated organ procurement organizations (OPOs), were honored for achieving and sustaining national goals for donation, including a donation rate of 75 percent or more of eligible donors at their facilities. (Three out of every four medically eligible donors became donors.)