Where Are The Donors? According to the United States Department of Health and Human Services (2015) or more specifically, organdonor.gov, we in the US have a real problem and need with organ and transplant donation. According to their statistics about organ donation, there are 79 individuals every day that are given the chance to have an organ transplant. Even though that seems like a large enough number, there is another statistic that should cause people to really think about organ donation. Every day in the US, 21 individuals (From all ages) die because they do not get the organ allocation they need; an alarming number! The medical industry has vastly improved within the several years, and doctors are now able to perform remarkable and strategic surgeries. These doctors, nurses, and other medical personal are now able to save an immeasurable amount of individuals that would have passed away from such diverse procedures before modern breakthrough. Organ an donor transplantation has been one of the methods that has helped save lives and improve the functionality of many Americans, as well as the rest of the world. Many people may not realize the stress and emotions that affect a person and a person’s family while waiting to see if they will have a donor match and if …show more content…
There are just not enough donors (even as far back 1991). In 1991, there were only 6,953 donor with 23, 198 on the waiting list for a type of transplant. That means as far back as 1991 there were 16,605 transplant needs that were not given because of a lack of donations. In 2013, the donors did increase to 14,257 individuals of which 28,954 transplants were conducted; however, the waiting list is still 121,272. This means there still a need of 92,318 organs that were requested for donation (United Network for Organ Sharing, 2015)