Organ Transplantation

U.S. Waiting List Tops 75,000

Published in Blood Weekly, May 10th, 2001

The number of people waiting to receive a lifesaving organ transplant in the United States has surpassed the unprecedented 75,000 mark.

There are now 75,069 men, women, and children on the national organ transplantation waiting list according to the United Network of Organ Sharing (UNOS), which maintains the national Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) under contract with the Health Resources and Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. An average of 15 people die every day waiting for an organ that could have saved their lives.

"In a way we've become a victim of our own success," explained UNOS...

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