Sentences with phrase «list of organ donors»
Cuomo announced a new executive order directing state agencies to work to make it easier to enroll on the state's Donate Life Registry, the list of organ donors.
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Senator David Carlucci said, «Lauren's Law has significantly helped increase the number of registered organ donors in our state, which means thousands waiting on donor lists may get a vital organ sooner.
The bill notes one organ donor can help save the lives of up to eight people on the donation waiting list and can improve the lives of up to 50 people by restoring eyesight, treating burn patients and helping patients avoid disabilities by replacing malfunctioning, diseased or damaged organs and tissue.
With thousands of people on the waiting lists for organs, doctors are bending the rules about when to declare that a donor is dead.
«With a scarcity of organs and an ever growing need, living donor transplants are underused and can alleviate long transplant wait lists while decreasing waiting list mortality, with outcomes that can be as good, and when performed at an experienced center, potentially better for living donor recipients,» says Goldberg.