To become an organ donor presentation
- 2. Support Organ &Tissue Donation to Save Future Generations!
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- 5. Liver Bone Marrow Lungs Heart Skin Tissues Kidneys Pancreas Which Organs can be Donate? (Services, 2009)
- 6. The success rate for organ transplants is between 80 and 90 percent One deceased donor can save up to eight lives 109,931 people are on the waiting list for an organ transplant There are only 9,729 donors as of December 2010 4 Know the facts about Organ Donation (Facts and Myths, 2013)
- 7. Deceased Donors,Transplants & Waiting Patients
- 8. Organ donors are always in short supply More than $105,000 people in the US are waiting for an organ. Estimated 18 people a day die before an organ ever becomes available Organ Donations can offer another person a second chance at life. Why should you Donate?
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