Across the United States, more than 110,000 individuals are waiting for an organ transplant. In Alabama alone, more than 3,500 people are registered with the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), the nonprofit organization that operates the federally approved Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network. While they wait, approximately 23,000 Alabamians die in Alabama hospitals each year. Last year, only 110…
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