Medical Center Health System Celebrates Donors in Honor of National Donate Life Month

Odessa, Texas/April 14, 2023-Medical Center Health System hosted the 3rd annual Donor Memorial Service in honor of National Donate Life Month. Medical Center Hospital recognized several donors from the Midland/Odessa area during the special ceremony. 

(Larissa Guevara, Critical Care Educator Coordinator-Medical Center Health System/Odessa, Texas) 

Being a donor is a way to live through someone else a give someone another chance at life. 

(Larissa Guevara, Critical Care Educator Coordinator-Medical Center Health System/Odessa, Texas) 

Several families were honored at the Donor Memorial Service and recognized two employees at Medical Center Hospital who gave the gift of life to one of their family members. 

(Mary Helen Sanchez, Executive Assistant to the CNO and to the Vice President for Recruiting-Medical Center Health System) 

Ralph Sanchez is a recipient of a Kidney from his sister Mary Helen Sanchez. He explains why he was apprehensive in accepting his sister’s gift of life. 

(Ralph Sanchez, recipient of a Kidney from his sister Mary Helen Sanchez)  

The end of the ceremony featured a powder cannon release in honor of those 2022 donors. 

For DRB Media Communications Digital News, Danny Barrera.