Hoosiers wait for transplants as National Donate Life Month is observed

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April is National Donate Life Month and the doctors and surgeons at IU Health know a thing or two about donation.

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More than 100,000 Americans are on the list, waiting for a new organ.

"We want people to appreciate or understand the need we have in this country for organ donation," said Dr. Tim Taber from IU Health University Hospital.

April is National Donate Life Month and the doctors and surgeons at IU Health know a thing or two about donation. The network performs around 500 transplant surgeries a year, making it the fourth largest transplant center in the nation.

"Our success is the combination of a lot of people working, the nurses, the doctors, the hospital system, the OPO. It is has allowed us to be where we are now," said Dr. Taber.

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