PRINTER'S NO. 3528
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
839
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY O'NEAL, ROTHMAN, OWLETT, PYLE, PASHINSKI,
HENNESSEY, KULIK, KORTZ, HILL-EVANS, BURNS, BIZZARRO,
SCHLOSSBERG, BERNSTINE, MURT, PICKETT, BROWN, LONGIETTI,
FREEMAN, T. DAVIS, JONES, ECKER, SCHLEGEL CULVER, MENTZER,
ULLMAN, RYAN, KIM, MILLARD, CIRESI, NEILSON, EVERETT, SAYLOR,
STAATS, ROWE, ROZZI, HEFFLEY, WARREN AND CONKLIN,
APRIL 6, 2020
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, APRIL 6, 2020
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing the month of April 2020 as "National Donate Life
Month" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, In 2019, according to Donate Life America, more than
39,718 patients' lives were saved by transplants; and
WHEREAS, As of April 2020, more than 113,000 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 day, an average of 80 Americans receive
lifesaving organ transplants, and thousands more benefit from
cornea and tissue transplants; and
WHEREAS, A single tissue donor can help 75 people; and
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