Organ Donation Facts

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In the Box that is located under your Profile Photo and Information:
 
 

How to Register to Become an Organ Donor through Facebook?

 
 

1. Click “Life Event”

2. Click “Health and Wellness”

3. Click “Organ Donor”

90% of Americans Support Donating Organs but 30% of Americans do not know what steps to follow to Register to become a Donor.

Every 10 Minutes someone’s name is added to the waiting list for an Organ Transplant

113,115 are Waiting for an Life Saving Organ Transplant

1801 of those People are Children

18 of those people die Every Day while waiting for an Organ to become available

7000 People Die Every Year while on the Organ Transplant List

28,535 Organ Transplants were performed in 2011
(there were 8127 deceased organ donors and 6017 living organ donors)

In 2011, over 42,000 grafts were available by Eye Banks in America

86% of ALL adults heard of Tissue Donations and 98% of all adults have heard of Organ Donations

These are just a few of the Organ Donation statistics by Donate Life America. For more information and to Register to become an Organ Donor, please visit:
 
 

 
 
http://DonateLife.Net
 
 


 
 

This Link will be your OFFICIAL Registry with Donate Life or Go to:
http://DonateLife.Net
 
 
TOUCHING ORGAN DONOR STORIES
Uploaded by c2kmedical on Mar 4, 2009
For all those looking for reasons to be an organ donor, this is one of the most touching organ donor stories we have heard. In this short documentary, a woman donates a portion of her liver to a baby from another family.

This Link will be your OFFICIAL Registry with Donate Life or Go to:
http://DonateLife.Net

 
 

 
Uploaded by shonyakay on May 2, 2009
Update: Little Lara passed away on August 19, 2010.
I regret to inform everyone that Lara passed away Thursday, August 19th, 2010.
She was a fighter until the very end. She had complications with her lungs.
Rest peacefully Baby Girl. We will never forget you.