Student Senate Presentation on Organ Donation
The Eastern Illinois University Student Senate heard a presentation on organ and tissue donations from Shadaye Hunnicutt, community outreach specialist at Gift of Hope.
Gift of Hope is an organ and tissue donor network that assists in registering people for after-death donation in Illinois and northwestern Indiana.
What is Organ Donation?
Organ donation includes the heart, lungs, liver, pancreas, kidneys, and intestines.
According to Hunnicutt, the organization has helped save over 30,000 lives with organ donations.
Waiting List Statistics
- The United Network for Organ Sharing has 105,000 people on the waiting list.
- 4,500 of whom are in Illinois.
- A person is added to the list every nine minutes.
Author's summary: Gift of Hope presents on organ donation to student senate.
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