In a story published by The Cypress Times today, LifeGift reminds everyone that the need for organ and tissue donors is still critical.
According to LifeGift, an organ and tissue recovery agency in Texas, there are 110,000 people in the United States waiting for a lifesaving transplant. On average,18 people die of organ failure due to the lack of available organs for transplant and approximately 138 people are added to the nation’s organ transplant waiting list daily. There are nearly 11,000 people in Texas alone waiting for lifesaving transplants.
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