MOUNT VERNON — A new bench and flagpole now stand outside the emergency department at SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital.

Officials with the Mount Vernon hospital believe it will serve as a tribute to those who have given — or received — the gift of life through organ, eye or tissue donation.

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