Thousands await transplants, DHR raises awareness

Multi-Cultural Donor Awareness Month

For Adam Cowan, the journey to a second chance at life wasn't easy. After a biopsy complication caused his kidneys to fail, he spent years on dialysis before receiving a kidney transplant in 2023.

Thousands await transplants, DHR raises awareness

HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — August marks National Minority Donor Awareness Month, a campaign dedicated to raising awareness about organ donations in communities of color. The Rio Grande Valley is home to the DHR Health Transplant Institute, the only kidney transplant center in the region and one of the top-ranked centers for kidney transplants in the [...]