Are you an
Organ Donor?
Nearly 81,000 people await donor organs.
More than 2,200 are under the age of 18.
Each day 115 names are added to the
national waiting list -- one every 13 minutes.
17 people on the waiting list die each day.
About 66 organ transplants are done each
day.
Organs that may be donated are: Bone,
Corneas, Heart, Lungs, Kidneys, Liver and
Pancreas.
The largest demand is for kidneys,
accounting for 57,000 names on the list.
17,000 people await liver transplants.
For more information, contact The United
Network for Organ Sharing
P.O. Box 2484
Richmond VA
804.782.4800
www.unos.org
(Thank you to The Rotary Club PTC for
supplying the above information!)
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