New lighting has recently been installed at Montefiore Medical Center’s Moses campus, located on East 210th Street and Bainbridge Avenue in Norwood, with the aim of honoring organ donors and to raise awareness about the ongoing dire need for more donors.

 

Initiated during National Donate Life Month, April 2024, special blue and green lights illuminate the front of Montefiore’s Moses campus to honor both living and deceased organ donors. Every time someone becomes a donor, the green and blue rays shed light on their selfless contribution to saving the lives of others.

 

Meanwhile, as evidenced from patient testimonies, for those waiting to receive an organ, the physical and mental challenges can be immense. Some patients diagnosed with cystic fibrosis, for example, who may be waiting on a lung transplant, may have difficulty breathing on a regular basis, and as their condition progresses. For others, they may have to endure other painful conditions as they await a lifesaving kidney, heart or liver match. In the worst cases, patients can die waiting on an organ match.

 

To aid understanding, and help dispell some of the common myths around organ donation, Bronxites can read some of our previous coverage on this topic here, here, here, here, here, here, and here.

 

To learn more, and to sign up to become a donor, click here.