According to the California Transplant Donor Network, there are currently 112,000 people on the waiting list for donated organs nationwide, 21,000 in California and 925 in Fresno County alone.
Network officials also say 18 people across the United States die everyday waiting for a life-saving organ transplant they never receive.
That's why the California Transplant Donor Network is turning to Facebook. It's one way, they say, to connect people in need of life-saving organs with new, living donors who can save lives.
Read more: http://www.kmph.com/story/16450235/patients-waiting-for-organs-turn-to-facebook-for-living-donors
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