Grove City Hospital celebrates National Donate Life Month, heart transplant recipient shares story [Video]

Each April, the health care community recognizes the need for organ donors and celebrates those who have donated.

21 News attended a ceremony at Grove City Hospital to catch up with an organ transplant recipient and the hospital’s president. 

Ron Davis spoke about what it was like for him to get a second chance at life, after more than a decade.

His path toward a heart transplant started when he was diagnosed with cancer at age 19. After rigorous amounts of chemotherapy and radiation damaged one side of his heart, Davis went into cardiac arrest at 37. He then needed a new heart, but it was not until 15 years later when he got the donation that saved his life.

“On January fifth 2022 I was blessed with a second chance at life,” Davis said, adding “If it weren’t for organ donation my grandson would not only have lost his …