Live Organ Donation | Save a Life While Alive
Many of us are registered with the organ donation registry so that we can donate an organ after death.
An amazing group of people are doing live organ donations. They are donating either a whole organ or part of an organ while alive.
What motivates them?
What Makes Someone Make A Living Donation?
Donate An Organ While Still Alive
Motivation for donating an organ while alive-- being alive to see the results of your donation. Although one may have a sense of peace from knowing that after one's death, someone will benefit, nothing beats meeting the person you donate to.
-- Ultimate form of Philantrophy
There are some who donate money and there are some who donate body parts while alive - the ultimate sacrifice.
Organ Donation Facts
Organ Donation Facts:-- Over 75,000 U.S. patients are currently waiting for a transplant.
-- Over 3000 patients are added to the waiting list each month.
-- Nearly 10% of patients awaiting transplants are under 18.
-- Every day 16 or 17 people die every day while waiting for a transplant.
-- the most common living organ donation is the kidney.
-- Most donors donate organs after death, but some donors give donations while alive.
Matching Donors.com
Matching Donors to Patients
MatchingDonors.com is a website dedicated to matching donors to patients.
Mission Statement
MatchingDonors.com is a web site created to give people in need of transplant surgery an active way to search for a live organ donor. Our goal is to increase the number of transplant surgeries and improve awareness of live organ donation. The most common organs transplanted from a live donor are single kidney and liver lobes.
More about becoming a living donor.
Mission Statement
MatchingDonors.com is a web site created to give people in need of transplant surgery an active way to search for a live organ donor. Our goal is to increase the number of transplant surgeries and improve awareness of live organ donation. The most common organs transplanted from a live donor are single kidney and liver lobes.
More about becoming a living donor.
View a Live Kidney Transplant
Not for the faint hearted
Have you always wondered about the kidney transplant procedure? If you are not a squeamish person....Watch a live kidney transplant.
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