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The ability to save lives through transplantation is one of the greatest developments of modern medicine. But despite continuing advances in medicine and technology, the need for organs and tissue is far greater than the number available for transplantation.
Consider the following facts:
- In the U.S., there are over 110,000 men, women and children who need a life-saving organ transplant.
- Every 10 minutes, another name is added to the transplant waiting list.
- Each day, an average of 18 people die because there are not enough
organs
to save them.
- 90% of Americans say they support donation, but only 30% know the
essential steps to become a donor.
Everyone has the gifts to give – it’s just a matter of making the decision to give them.
Source: Donate Life America
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