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Facts About Organ And Tissue Transplants
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Author: News Canada There is a chronic shortage of most organs needed for transplant in Canada. More than 3,500 Canadians are currently awaiting organ transplants. In Canada, up to 30 per cent of people in need of a solid organ transplant die on the waiting list. Only one per cent of all deaths in Canada, in any year, are suitable for possible organ donation. Demand for transplants is increasing while the number of organ donors remains unchanged. The spread of Hepatitis-C will increase the need for liver transplants five-fold by 2008. Up to 30 per cent of Hepatitis-C cases damage the liver seriously enough to prove fatal. Survival rates of transplant patients continue to improve and a majority of recipients live healthy and productive lives. Transplants are cost-effective. For those with kidney disease, the average cost of dialysis treatment is $50,000 a year. By comparison, the one-time cost of a kidney transplant in BC is approximately $20,000, with an additional yearly cost of about $6,000 for anti-rejection medications. For more information on organ and tissue donation and how you can donate, visit www.healthcanada.ca/organandtissue on the Internet. | About The Author
News Canada provides a wide selection of current, ready-to-use copyright free news stories and ideas for Television, Print, Radio, and the Web. News Canada is a niche service in public relations, offering access to print, radio, television, and now the Internet media, with ready-to-use, editorial "fill" items. Monitoring and analysis are two more of our primary services. The service supplies access to the national media for marketers in the private, the public, and the not-for-profit sectors. Your corporate and product news, consumer tips and information are packaged in a variety of ready-to-use formats and are made available to every Canadian media organization including weekly and daily newspapers, cable and commercial television stations, radio stations, as well as the Web sites Canadians visit most often. Visit News Canada and learn more about the NC services. | This article was posted on August 4, 2002
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