U of I Hospitals Plant Trees for Transplants
Brooklyn Draisey Columnist On Wednesday, April 22, the University of Iowa hospitals celebrated the year of the hospital’s 5000 th transplant by planting trees. The event was organized by Greg Johnson, Jody Johnson, and other members of the hospital staff. They planted five different trees for the five different major organs, which are the heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, and pancreas. They also planted a tree in honor of the donors who saved recipients’ lives by donating organs. The types of the trees were Bald Cyprus, which were chosen for their beauty and resilience. As of April 22, the hospital had successfully conducted 5,018 transplants. The most common type of transplant was for kidneys, and there have been 3,338 since 1969. There have been 785 liver transplants, 339 heart transplants, 146 lung transplants, and 69 pancreas transplants. There were also many people who required mo...