Wichita health brief: Organ donation shifts and a city update on fire-station mold

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Wichita, KS – March 2, 2026 – Updates include mold-related changes at Fire Station 15 and reporting on circulatory-death organ donation in transplants.

Organ donation: circulatory-death donations play a bigger role

A new Wichita report highlights how organ donation is changing as hospitals and transplant teams make more use of donations after circulatory death (DCD). KWCH noted that the national organ waiting list remains above 100,000 people, with 11 people a day dying while waiting.

In the KWCH report, DCD donations accounted for 49% of organ donations in 2025, up from 2% in 2000. DCD refers to donation after the heart has stopped beating, rather than after brain death, and KWCH reported the approach is becoming more common as donation standards and technology evolve.

Midwest Transplant Network told KWCH that about half of its donors last year were DCD donors. A representative said part of the shift reflects how end-of-life conversations are changing, including situations where families choose to withdraw life-sustaining therapies, such as a breathing machine, and allow a natural death to occur.

The transplant network also emphasized that end-of-life decisions remain with the hospital care team and the patient’s family, and that the transplant organization is separate from those medical decisions while a patient is critically ill. KWCH reported the network sees trust and understanding as important factors for families considering donation.

KWCH also reported that Midwest Transplant Network provided more than 1,080 life-saving transplants across the nation last year.

City provides update on mold issues at Fire Station 15

Separately, KWCH aired a City of Wichita update on mold issues at Fire Station 15. KWCH also reported an update on a Wichita Fire Department station that was closed due to mold.

What to know this week

These developments touch different parts of day-to-day health and safety: how communities support life-saving care through organ donation, and how city agencies manage building issues that can affect where public-safety services operate.

Sources

https://www.kwch.com/2026/02/27/organ-transplants-are-being-transformed-by-circulatory-death-donations/
https://www.kwch.com/video/2026/02/24/city-wichita-provides-update-mold-issues-fire-station-15/
https://www.kwch.com/video/2026/02/25/update-wfd-station-closed-due-mold/

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