Comments on: UCSD surgeons use one liver to save two lives http://www.lajollalight.com/2011/09/21/ucsd-surgeons-use-one-liver-to-save-two-lives/ Enlightening La Jolla since 1913 Fri, 24 May 2013 18:51:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: LIFESHARERS http://www.lajollalight.com/2011/09/21/ucsd-surgeons-use-one-liver-to-save-two-lives/#comment-163554 LIFESHARERS Thu, 22 Sep 2011 08:14:30 +0000 http://lajollalight.mscsddev.com/?p=50925#comment-163554 Rafael Bolanos & James O’Gara were very lucky to get Liver transplants. There is another good way to put a big dent in the organ shortage – if you don’t agree to donate your organs when you die, then you go to the back of the waiting list if you ever need an organ to live. Giving organs first to organ donors will convince more people to register as organ donors. It will also make the organ allocation system fairer. About 50% of the organs transplanted in the United States go to people who haven’t agreed to donate their own organs when they die. Anyone who wants to donate their organs to others who have agreed to donate theirs can join LifeSharers. LifeSharers is a non-profit network of organ donors who agree to offer their organs first to other organ donors when they die. Membership is free at <a href="http://www.lifesharers.org" rel="nofollow"> <a href="http://www.lifesharers.org</a>" target="_blank">www.lifesharers.org</a></a> or by calling 1-888-ORGAN88. There is no age limit, parents can enroll their minor children, and no one is excluded due to any pre-existing medical condition. LifeSharers has over 14,700 members, including 1765 members in California. Rafael Bolanos & James O’Gara were very lucky to get Liver transplants. There is another good way to put a big dent in the organ shortage – if you don’t agree to donate your organs when you die, then you go to the back of the waiting list if you ever need an organ to live.

Giving organs first to organ donors will convince more people to register as organ donors. It will also make the organ allocation system fairer. About 50% of the organs transplanted in the United States go to people who haven’t agreed to donate their own organs when they die.

Anyone who wants to donate their organs to others who have agreed to donate theirs can join LifeSharers. LifeSharers is a non-profit network of organ donors who agree to offer their organs first to other organ donors when they die. Membership is free at <a href="http://www.lifesharers.org” target=”_blank”>www.lifesharers.org or by calling 1-888-ORGAN88. There is no age limit, parents can enroll their minor children, and no one is excluded due to any pre-existing medical condition. LifeSharers has over 14,700 members, including 1765 members in California.

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