Overview
- The race, organized by EsSalud with the Lima municipal government, started and finished at Parque Cervantes along Avenida Arequipa.
- Donor families and transplant recipients shared testimonies, including a mother who said her son’s organs benefited seven people and a woman who received a kidney transplant 12 years ago.
- EsSalud’s Procura and Transplant chief, Dr. Erick De La Torre, emphasized that a single donor can save up to nine lives.
- Regional outreach continued as EsSalud Ica delivered talks and community activities to dispel myths and accompany families with respect and dignity during procurement.
- EsSalud’s executive president, Dr. Segundo Acho Mego, reaffirmed the institution’s leadership in transplants and its commitment to strengthening a donor culture.