Save A Life Today; Surprising Facts About Organ Donation

Fast Facts About Organ Donation & Transplantation

According to the U.S. Government Information on Organ Donation and Transplantation, in the United States alone there are over one hundred sixteen thousand men, women, and children currently on the national waiting list. Within that list, 33,611 transplants were performed in 2016 and approximately twenty patients per day die as a result of waiting for an organ transplant. The extraordinary news is one donor can save up to eight lives, as each donor can provide a heart, a pair of lungs and kidneys, a liver, pancreas, intestines, a set of eyes and numerous tissues that could be used for reconstruction surgery or other purposes.

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