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MHP stages first 'Honor Walk' for organ donor


Otis Carter, Jr. became one of the oldest deceased organ donors on record in Indiana following his unexpected death earlier this month.

On Monday, staff at Major Health Partners in Shelbyville honored the occasion with its first “Honor Walk” – a solemn act of recognition to an organ donor for giving the gift of life. More than 50 MHP nurses, doctors and staff members lined the Critical Care Unit hallway to pay respect to Carter and his family as he was taken to surgery to donate his organs