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Mr.Fiction · 03-02-2003, 10:28 PM

U.S. Citizens Get More Organs Than They Give
Donations From Foreign Residents on the Rise

The whispers started as soon as Jesica Santillan was declared dead nine days ago. Should two sets of hearts and lungs -- considered the scarcest transplantable organs -- have gone to an illegal immigrant?

But American citizens are more likely to benefit from organs donated by noncitizens than the other way around, according to the nation's coordinating transplant agency.

"As a percentage, every year, U.S. citizens receive more organs than they donate," said Anne Paschke, a spokeswoman for the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), which links organ donors with recipients nationwide.

In 2001, the last complete year for which statistics are available, U.S. citizens received 96.2 percent of the transplants in the country, Paschke said. By contrast, 94.8 percent of organ donors were citizens.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...-2003Mar2.html

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03-02-2003, 10:28 PM
Mr.Fiction Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Free Speech Land Posts: 9,484	U.S. citizens get more organs than they give U.S. Citizens Get More Organs Than They Give Donations From Foreign Residents on the Rise The whispers started as soon as Jesica Santillan was declared dead nine days ago. Should two sets of hearts and lungs -- considered the scarcest transplantable organs -- have gone to an illegal immigrant? But American citizens are more likely to benefit from organs donated by noncitizens than the other way around, according to the nation's coordinating transplant agency. "As a percentage, every year, U.S. citizens receive more organs than they donate," said Anne Paschke, a spokeswoman for the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), which links organ donors with recipients nationwide. In 2001, the last complete year for which statistics are available, U.S. citizens received 96.2 percent of the transplants in the country, Paschke said. By contrast, 94.8 percent of organ donors were citizens. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...-2003Mar2.html For all the GFY haters that complained!