The national waiting list for life-saving transplants has over 113,000 people. An additional one million Americans suffer from blindness, medical conditions and devastating injuries that can be treated with donated corneas or tissue.
Two members of my cabinet are the beneficiaries of organs given by living donors. Beverly Neth, Director of the Nebraska Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), and Dr. Joann Schaefer, Chief Medical Officer and Director of the Division of Public Health, have shared their stories.
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