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1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | | WHEREAS, More than 116,000 people are currently waiting for |
3 | | an organ transplant; 21 people will
die each day waiting for an |
4 | | organ, and one person is added to the organ donor waiting list |
5 | | every 10
minutes; and
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6 | | WHEREAS, One organ donor can save up to eight lives and let |
7 | | up to 79 people receive organ transplants; a single tissue |
8 | | donor can save or heal up to 50 people; and
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9 | | WHEREAS, More than 24,000 patients saw their lives saved or |
10 | | markedly improved in 2014 thanks to
organ transplants; and
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11 | | WHEREAS, More than 120 million people in the United States |
12 | | are signed up to be organ, eye, and tissue
donors, which is |
13 | | approximately 50% of the United States adult population; and |
14 | | WHEREAS, The citizens of Illinois should be made aware of |
15 | | the need for organ donors and that everyone
can become a donor, |
16 | | regardless of age, race, or medical history; and |
17 | | WHEREAS, National Donate Life Month takes place every year |
18 | | in April and features an entire month of
local, regional, and |
19 | | national activities to help encourage Americans to register as |
20 | | organ, eye, and tissue
donors and to celebrate those that have |