VCU Health to Honor Bruce Tucker

The Organ Thieves’ story continues to resonate at the scene of the medical crime: VCU Health. Click here for a recent article on Project Gabriel, which began with a state mandate for five universities, including VCU, to “report, reconcile and heal the wounds” caused by their “historic ties to the institution of slavery.”
As noted by the student newspaper, The Commonwealth Times, these wounds deepened even in modern times, including the heart used in Virginia’s first heart transplant in 1968 – that of Bruce Tucker.
Other efforts to honor Mr. Tucker’s contribution to medical history and to recognize the generational trauma suffered by his family are expected to be announced in coming months. I’ll be sure to keep you posted if you’d like to attend any public commemorations and events.