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|  | What to know about donation:
- Most religions support organ and tissue donation.
- There is no additional cost to your family.
- Donation still allows for an open casket and other traditional funeral arrangements.
- Organ donors can save up to nine lives.
- Tissue donors can enhance the lives of over 50 people, primarily through the reconstructive surgeries.
- Eye donors give sight to two people.
- There are over 98,000 people in the U.S., over 1,600 in Louisiana, waiting for a life-saving organ transplant.
- Almost, 7000 people will die this year because there is no organ available for them.
- Registering to be a donor will not affect any medical treatment you may need.
- Once you have made your decision to be an organ and tissue donor, share that decision with your family.
- No one is allowed to overturn your decision to be a donor.
Join the Louisiana Organ and Tissue Donor Registry today!
www.donatelifeLA.org or 1-800-521-GIVE | |
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