Mercy Medical Center Redding joins National Donate Life Month in honoring organ donors and those awaiting transplants by illuminating blue and green lights.

REDDING, Calif. (April 4, 2025) — In observance of National Donate Life Month, Dignity Health Mercy Medical Center Redding will illuminate blue and green lights during the month of April. The display aims to raise awareness about the critical need for organ donations and to honor the generosity of donors who have given the gift of life.

In 2024, Mercy Medical Center Redding made a remarkable impact through organ, eye and tissue donation. Thanks to the generosity of donors and the dedication of our healthcare teams, we have helped save and heal thousands of lives. Here’s a look at our 2024 donation impact:

• 14 people became organ donors, helping save lives.
• 26 organs were transplanted, giving recipients a second chance at life.
• 75 people donated tissue.
• Each tissue donor can help improve the lives of up to 120 people by providing skin, bone, and other tissues for medical treatments.

Through organ, eye, and tissue donations over 9,000 people benefited from these life-saving and life-enhancing gifts from Mercy Medical Center Redding in 2024.

According to Donor Network West, there are currently over 100,000 individuals on the national transplant waiting list. Tragically, 17 people die every day while waiting for a transplant and every 10 minutes another person is added to the national transplant wait list.

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About Dignity Health

Dignity Health is a multi-state nonprofit network of 10,000 physicians, more than 60,000 employees, 39 acute care hospitals, and 400-plus care-centers, including community hospitals, urgent care, surgery and imaging centers, home health, and primary care clinics in Arizona, California, and Nevada. Dignity Health, a member of CommonSpirit Health, is dedicated to providing compassionate, high-quality, and affordable patient-centered care with special attention to the poor and underserved. Dignity Health is a part of CommonSpirit Health, a nonprofit health system committed to advancing health for all people and dedicated to serving the common good. For more information, please visit our website at www.DignityHealth.org.

About Donor Network West

Donor Network West saves and heals lives by facilitating organ and tissue recovery for transplantation and research. Established in 1987, Donor Network West is designated and certified by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, accredited by the American Association of Tissue Banks (AATB), is a member of the Organ Donation Alliance and is an official Donate Life organization. Donor Network West is federally designated to serve 45 counties in Northern California and Northern Nevada, Donor Network West partners with the Department of Motor Vehicles and the state-authorized donor registries to help increase donor registration. For information, visit www.DonorNetworkWest.org and follow us on social media: @mydnwest