UC Health Memorial Hospital Central Posts Record Donations: 121 Organs, 123 Tissue Donors Saving Thousands

UCHealth Memorial Hospital Central Celebrates Record Organ And Tissue Donations After Life-Saving liver transplant

USA: UCHealth Memorial Hospital Central in Southern Colorado raised a flag this week to honor a liver transplant recipient and to mark a record year for organ and tissue donation. The hospital reported 34 patients became donors in 2025, supplying 121 organs and 123 successful tissue donations — totals that made it the leading center for organ and tissue procurement in Colorado and Wyoming.

One of the patients at the center of the celebration is Jeremy Morris, who was diagnosed in 2018 with acute liver failure from Wilson’s disease, a rare disorder of copper metabolism. Morris registered as an organ donor as a teenager and later required a full liver transplant himself; a compatible donor was located within nine days of his listing, and he was discharged weeks after surgery with a restored liver and renewed purpose.

Hospital leaders say the 2025 totals translate into life-changing opportunities for transplant recipients: the tissue donations reported by Memorial Hospital Central have the potential to benefit thousands, and each deceased donor can enable multiple lifesaving transplants. The milestone underscores how coordinated organ and tissue procurement, matching and surgical teams combine to expand access to transplantation.

Memorial Hospital Central credits training and collaboration with Donor Alliance for improving identification and referral of potential donors, and officials highlighted National Donate Life Month as a moment to encourage conversations about donor registration and to remind patients to stay vigilant about their health so more lives can be saved through transplantation.

Video originally published on 2026-04-01 23:47:44