A Little Recognition. Chaplains Tom Jones and John Rabon display an award Guadalupe Regional Medical Center recently received from the Texas Organ Sharing Alliance.
SEGUIN — Locals are realizing death doesn’t have to be the end.
Chaplain Tom Jones, director of pastoral care at Guadalupe Regional Medical Center said that people of many faiths and backgrounds have turned to organ donation as a way to help a loved one live on.
“Without exception, I have seen families who are grieving severely actually find some relief and comfort when they find out that their loved one is eligible for donation,” he said. “In that terrible crisis moment, they often find that decision comforting. Then, months later, when they get a letter that these organs and tissues have been transplanted and utilized to help others, that’s actually a moment of joy.”
GRMC was recently recognized by the Texas Organ Sharing Alliance and also by the Lone Star Lions Eye Bank. However, Jones said that the increased willingness to participate in organ donation doesn’t come from the facility, but rather from a change in the community.
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