On today’s episode of Mid-South View Point host Byron Tyler welcomes Mid-South Transplant Foundation GiveLife10 Campaign with Dr. Eugene Gibson of the Olivet Fellowship Baptist Church, Sabrina Smith a donor recipient, and Tammy Pate from Mid-South Transplant Foundation. African Americans are one of the smallest groups to register as organ donors, but, according to the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), there are currently nearly 114,000 on the national waiting list. Additionally, there are more than 4,000 Mid-Southerners awaiting organ and tissue donation, and 2,000 of them are African Americans awaiting kidneys. Mid-South View Point radio show with host Byron Tyler airs Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at 3:00 pm central time on the Bott Radio Network affiliate 640 AM, 93.7 FM, and 100.7 FM in Memphis, TN.
