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Organ Donations Decline as Need Increases More than 100,000 people need life-saving organ transplants in the United States, and an additional million need life-saving and life-improving tissues, eyes, and corneas. Yet every day, an average of 18 people die because there are not enough organ donations to meet the need, according to the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network. The seriousness of the lack of organ donations has been highlighted in a new study conducted by investigators at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Members of the research team, found that the number of living donors increased yearly from 1999 to 2004, but has been declining since then. Although the number of HealtHY liFeStYleS organ donations from deceased individuals risen each year between 1999 and 2007, the increase was not sufficient to offset the decline in living donor donations. The fact that transplantation of solid organs is now so successful has actually made getting an organ more difficult. “Improved survival rates and the expectation that organ replacement will enhance quality of life have encouraged more doctors and their patients with organ failure to opt for transplantation,” explains Klein. Recently, Apple CEO Steve Jobs, who had a life-saving liver transplant last year, joined forces with governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to help push through new legislation in California to expand the number of organ donors in that state. Convincing individuals to be an organ donor is a challenge. Although about 90 percent of Americans say they support organ donation, only 30 percent know the steps that need to be taken to become a donor. Several factors contribute to the public’s lack of awareness of the issue and to organ shortage itself, as the Cedars-Sinai researchers note. Some of those factors include disincentives for living organ donors (e.g., loss of income while taking off work, transplantrelated medical expenses may not be covered by the recipient’s insurance), lack of understanding by WE ACCEPT THE FOLLOWING INSURANCES : Missouri Consolidated (UMR), United Healthcare, Aetna, McDonnell Douglas/Boeing, Blue Cross/ Blue Shield and many others. the public about organ donation policies, poor training of medical personnel who request consent for donations, and an inability to accurately evaluate the quality of donated organs based on currently available procurement testing. Klein notes that their study showed that the public needs to be educated about organ donation and that the transplantation process and organ procurement facilities need to be more transparent if we hope to turn around the decline in organ donations as the need increases. 926 N. Westwood Blvd. Poplar Bluff, MO (573) 778-0501 2106 N. Outer Road, Suite D Dexter, MO 573 Homes and lifestyles (574) 624-6214 Page 23
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