663310login-check3 ways to save more lives with organ transplants: Mayo Clinic |
By Ashleigh Hollowell
Seventeen people die per day awaiting organ transplants and top health systems and hospitals like Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic continue to seek ways to improve outcomes for the 104,000 patients on organ transplant waiting lists in the U.S.
Even though 2022 was the 12th consecutive year on record for deceased organ donations, one of the persistent challenges is the lack of viable donated organs, according to an April 5 news release from Mayo Clinic. However, experts say medical advances are working to solve challenges like this — one of which includes expanding the pool of transplant donations.
Read more in Becker’s Hospital Review.
663310login-check3 ways to save more lives with organ transplants: Mayo Clinic |