As National Donate Life Month unfolds, a local teenager is making a heartfelt appeal for a living kidney donor. Elena, 19, is …
Kentucky
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Organ Donation
Kentucky lawmakers advance safeguards after donor found alive on operating table
by Guest Authorby Guest AuthorLawmakers are taking extra steps to ensure organ donor safety. Under House Bill 510, organ donation must be stopped if any signs of life are detected, which is a standard medical …
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Lung Transplantation
‘Behind the Blue’: Edward Cantu on expanding lung transplant care in Kentucky
by News Sourceby News SourceLEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 10, 2025) — Kentucky has one of the nation’s highest burdens of chronic lung disease, a challenge intensified by smoking prevalence, occupational exposures and limited access to …
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Videos
Kentucky family fights for reform after man wakes up during organ donor surgery
by News Sourceby News SourceKentucky family fights for reform after man wakes up during organ donor surgery For more Local News from WKYT: …
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Organ Donation
Kentucky man under investigation after he woke up just before organ donation
by Pilar Ariasby Pilar AriasKentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman's office is “investigating the facts” of the alleged organ donation failure. Anthony Thomas “TJ” Hoover II's medical history begins about three years ago when his …
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Organ Donation
Paducah Hospital honors longtime organ donation coordinator Vanessa Dallas | Kentucky News
PADUCAH — Doctors, nurses and hospitalists from Mercy Health Lourdes Hospital and Baptist Health Paducah came together Wednesday to remember Vanessa Dallas, a former family liaison for the Kentucky Organ …