Organ donor month, save a life

WWLP | Christine Lee


BOSTON, Mass. (WWLP) - Lieutenant Governor Tim Murray read a proclamation Friday, declaring April “Donate Life Month”. Murray flashed his own driver’s license to show that he himself is a proud registered donor.

The New England Organ Bank said a single donor can benefit over 50 people in need of an organ or tissue transplant. According to advocates, more than 113,000 people are on a transplant wait list in the U.S. and 18 people die every day waiting for a transplant.
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{Register to be an organ,eye and tissue donor. To learn how, www.donatelife.net or www.organdonor.gov}