Reminder of Shortage of Organ Donors

The recent case of Ana Esparza who died while waiting for a liver is a reminder of the tremendous shortage of organ donors in the United States.  See Girl who needed liver transplant dies, CNN.com, Feb. 20, 2006.  [Special thanks to Douglas Cowan for bringing this article to my attention.]

There are currently 91,023 people on the waiting list in the United States.

See also A Legacy For Life – Becoming an Organ or Tissue Donor (booklet prepared by the American Bar Association).