(File Photo of Congressman Chris Deluzio)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Carnegie, PA) According to a release from Congressman Chris Deluzio’s office, Deluzio recently toured the Center for Organ Recovery and Education, or CORE, for short, in O’Hara Township. CORE is a not-for-profit organ procurement organization and one of 57 that is federally designated in the United States. The visit by Deluzio is giving a highlight to the work that is groundbreaking and lifesaving from the 17th Congressional District of Pennsylvania. CORE works with more than 150 hospitals and facilities for health care to help someone live by coordinating recovery that is surgical for corneas for transplantation, tissues and organs. CORE also facilitates matching that is computerized for corneas, tissues and organs that are donated.