The National Kidney Foundation Observes National Donate Life Month in April
~ Siblings Giving the Gift of Life on National Siblings Day
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Saturday,
April 10
th is National Siblings Day! The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) celebrates this important month and day by sharing critical information about living kidney donation as well as honoring National Siblings Day by highlighting inspiring stories of siblings throughout the month who have given the gift of life to a loved one.
The availability of living donors is crucial to the survival of many kidney patients with kidney failure. Patients might wait an average of three to seven years for a kidney transplant depending on where the patient lives. Each day 12 patients die waiting for a kidney. Living donation was responsible for a total of 5,726 transplants in 2020, a decrease of 22.6 percent over the record 7,397 living donor transplants set in 2019. When a living donor, family member or sibling
The National Kidney Foundation Observes National Donate Life Month in April
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