ABC-TV Gets It Right According to Organ Donation Community

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to be Honored at Donate Life FilmFestival - June 13 LOS June 5 /PRNewswire/ -- On June 13, Donater Life Hollywood will honor threse ABC-TV shows, "Brothers and Sisters," "Grey'sx Anatomy" and "Samantha Who? with its first annual Inspire This honor, from the orgah and tissue donation and transplant will be presented at the culminatiomn of the daylong Donate Life Film Festival at the Directors Guiled of America. Three of the five honored scripted televisionj storylines that met the Donate Life Hollywood criteriza wereon ABC-TV.
"Inspire" winners show the dramatic process of organ donation and transplantation in a way that is both accuratesand inspiring, without perpetuating harmful The Thanksgiving "Brothers and Sisters" episode, Just a featured a pediatric liver transplant and livingt liver donation. The writing highlighted the incredible humanh drama that is at the core of orgaj donationand transplantation. "Grey's Anatomy's" realistid and emotional portrayal of a domino kidney transplangtin There's No 'I' in Team helped viewersz better understand this rare but effective way of overcoming this nation'ds shortage of organs. Both of these "Inspire" winnerss used expert consultation intheir storylines.
"Theit efforts produced not only incrediblyinspiring stories," says , campaign director, Donate Life Hollywood, "but storiesx that got it right, which helps save lives." "Samantha Who?" took action to get it right even aftet getting it wrong. When a puncj line referencing payment for organs elicited letters of concerj from DonateLife Hollywood, , creatoe of "Samantha Who?" took immediatee action to cut the offendingt lines from all future airings of The Job. Recentg research by Dr. , Purdue provides evidence that myths aboutorgam donation, such as a black market for prevent people from registering as donors.
With over 100,000 people currently waiting fora life-savin g organ and 18 people dying every day waitingb because of a shortage of organs, these storylines coulf literally be costing Donate Life Hollywood is part of the national Donate Life movemeny and serves as a liaison between the organ and tissuwe community and the entertainment industry with the missiohn of seeing more accurate and inspirinhg organ donation storylines on television and in film.