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10 years. First human hand transplant. Earl Owen and Jean-Michel Dubernard. Clint Hallam. The transplanted hand was removed at request of recipient after about two and a half years on February 2, 2001. September 23, 1998. [ 5] First human pancreas transplant. Richard Lillehei and William Kelly.
Over 121,000 people in need of an organ are on the U.S. government waiting list. [124] This crisis within the United States is growing rapidly because on average there are only 30,000 transplants performed each year. More than 8,000 people die each year from lack of a donor organ, an average of 22 people a day.
The United Network for Organ Sharing ( UNOS) is a non-profit scientific and educational organization that administers the only Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network ( OPTN) in the United States, established ( 42 U.S.C. § 274) by the U.S. Congress in 1984 by Gene A. Pierce, founder of United Network for Organ Sharing.
Over 100,000 people nationwide are currently waiting for an organ transplant and some 6,000 die per ... Over 95% of people on the organ waiting list can be helped by increasing the number of ...
There are more than 100,000 children and adults waiting for a life-saving transplant in the U.S., and 17 people die each day waiting for an organ transplant, according to the U.S. Health Resources ...
“There are over 100,000 people in the United States waiting for an organ transplant," LifeNet Health executive vice president Doug Wilson said. LifeNet Health helped coordinate the organ donation.
There is a shortage of organs available for donation with many patients waiting on the transplant list for a donation match. About 20 patients die each day waiting for an organ on the transplant list. [43] When an organ donor does arise, the transplant governing bodies must determine who receives the organ.
"Key facts and figures on EU organ donation and transplantation", EU Directorate General for Health & Consumers, London, 27 October 2005. Retrieved on 31 March 2012. Johnson, E. and Goldstein, D. Do defaults save lives?. Science Magazine, 21 November 2003.