Monday, August 3, 2009

Facts

On June 5, 2009, the OPTN national patient waiting list for organ transplants included the following~

79,747 patients waiting for a kidney transplant
15,789 patients waiting for a liver transplant
1,494 patients waiting for a pancreas transplant
188 patients waiting for a pancreas islet cell
2,208 patients waiting for a kidney-pancreas transplant
213 patients waiting for an intestine transplant
2,785 patients waiting for a heart transplant
86 patients waiting for a heart-lung transplant
1,932 patients waiting for a lung transplant

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