Statewide Iowa — Whenever a person’s life is lost, there’s an opportunity for lives to be saved — if that person was a registered organ and tissue donor.
Heather Butterfield, spokeswoman for the Iowa Donor Network, says their final figures are in for 2022, during which she says many hundreds of lives were transformed by generous gifts from donors.
Since 2018, she says the state’s donor network has experienced a 62-percent increase in the number of organ donors as well as a 40-percent rise in the number of organs transplanted.
She says the Iowa Donor Network coordinates with hospitals, transplant centers, EMS providers, medical examiners, and other healthcare partners to maximize donation opportunities.
Still, the transplant wait list is long. She says there are more than 105-thousand people nationwide in need of a life-saving organ transplant, including 625 Iowans. For more information, visit IowaDonorNetwork.org
