It’s not so much that a minority has to receive an organ from another minority, but with this big of a gap between those needing an organ and those willing to donate, more people will continue to die while waiting on the transplant list.
Officials say 20% of Texans waiting for a kidney are Hispanic while only 14% of the organ donor list consists of Hispanic people.
According to the U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, Hispanic people make up half of organ transplant waiting lists. “It’s beneficial to everyone to make sure that our donor pool is larger, not only just for organs but also for tissue and valves and other cadaveric organs that can be used not only for solid or transplantation but even knee surgeries and corneas and valves for heart. Those also come from a donor,” Goss said.Someone with the heart to help others made the decision to leave their organs and saved Figueroa.
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