Rob Smitty donated a kidney to Bob Hickey on October 20, 2004. Mr. Smitty met Mr. Hickey through at web site called MatchingDonors.com.
This was the first transplant arranged by MatchingDonors.com. In the year since that operation, 16 people have received transplants through the MatchingDonors.com web site. What a wonderful success story!
A few days ago, the national transplant waiting list exceeded 90,000 people for the first time. The list would be much larger if not for the tremendous generosity of live organ donors.
Just as MatchingDonors.com is using the internet to increase the number of live organ donors, LifeSharers is using the internet to increase the number of people who agree to donate their organs when they die.
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