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There is a critical shortage of organs in this country. More than 108,000 individuals currently await a lifesaving transplant in the United States. Of those, more than 10,000 are Texans.
Last year alone, more than 6,300 people died awaiting an organ transplant; that’s 18 people who die daily because an organ did not become available to them.
A person is added to the national organ transplant waiting list in the United States every 11 minutes.
The generosity of an individual donor can save up to eight lives through organ donation and enhance another 50 through tissue donation.
In 2009, more than 28,462 organ transplants were performed in the United States. Organs used for transplant include kidneys, heart, lungs, liver, pancreas and small bowels.
Close to one million tissue transplants are performed annually. Tissue includes skin, bone, heart valves, veins and corneas. Skin is used to treat burn patients and individuals with cancer; bone can be used o treat orthopedic injuries and cancer patients; corneas can enhance and restore sight.
The Glenda Dawson Donate Life – Texas Registry is the official state organ, tissue and eye donor registry. Signing the registry is a legally-binding, firstperson consent to be an organ and tissue donor upon a person’s death. Register to become a donor at www.donatelifetexas.org or the companion site, www.donevidatexas.org.