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| Contract Staff Member Donates Kidney to Northpoint Training Center Lieutenant |
| By Kentucky Department of Corrections - Northpoint Training Center |
| Published: 09/12/2015 |
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Burgin, Ky. (Sep. 11, 2015) – A nurse at Northpoint Training Center (NTC) received a Hero Award at the 2015 Department of Corrections Awards Luncheon held Sept. 9 in Louisville. Katie Edmonds, a contract employee in Northpoint’s Health Services Department, donated a kidney to Lieutenant Steve Taylor after Taylor was diagnosed with kidney failure in November 2013. He was told a transplant was needed and the search began for a donor match. The search drug on for over a year and Taylor began to lose hope. At that point, Edmonds stepped up and discovered she was a match for the kidney donation. On June 22, 2015, both employees were admitted to the University of Cincinnati Hospital. The transplant procedure was successful. Edmonds does not work directly for the Department of Corrections (DOC) therefore staff do not have the option to donate her their sick time. However, this has not deterred employees from doing everything they can to help. Northpoint staff conducted several fundraisers to provide her with compensation during her time off without pay because of her brave and heroic act. NTC Warden Don Bottom also sought the assistance of the Correctional Peace Officers Foundation (CPOF) and they provided Edmonds with $350. The (CPOF) is a national, non-profit charitable organization created in 1984. Its primary function is to preserve and support the surviving families of correctional officers who lose their lives in pursuit of their chosen profession of protecting the public. The organization also has a catastrophic assistance program that provides financial assistance during a catastrophic illness, injury or event. “In cases such as these it is amazing to see my staff pull together as a family and take care of their co-workers, said Bottom. “I am extremely proud to see such caring and compassion from Nurse Edmonds and the staff who are working to help her and Lieutenant Taylor through their recovery.” |
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