PRINTER'S NO. 1247
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
209
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY TOOHIL, BIZZARRO, R. BROWN, BURNS, CHARLTON,
CONKLIN, D. COSTA, DEAN, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, DRISCOLL,
HILL-EVANS, KAUFER, KAVULICH, KINSEY, LONGIETTI, McNEILL,
MENTZER, MILLARD, MURT, NEILSON, O'BRIEN, PETRARCA, ROZZI,
RYAN, SCHLOSSBERG, SOLOMON, WARD, WARREN, WHEELAND AND
ROEBUCK, APRIL 4, 2017
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
APRIL 4, 2017
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing the month of April 2017 as "National Donate Life
Month" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, In 2016, according to Donate Life America, more than
33,000 patients' lives were saved by transplants; and
WHEREAS, More than 118,000 men, women and children await
organ transplants; and
WHEREAS, Another person is added to the national organ
transplant waiting list every 10 minutes; and
WHEREAS, A kidney from a living donor offers patients an
alternative to years on dialysis and time spent on the national
transplant waiting list; and
WHEREAS, Each year, there are approximately 30,000 tissue
donors and more than 1 million tissue transplants; and
WHEREAS, A single tissue donor can help 75 people; and
WHEREAS, Nearly 48,000 patients have their sight restored
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