"Let's say person X needs a kidney in Kansas City [and] their child or whoever was going to donate to them is, for whatever set of reasons, not a match, but somehow I am. That person can still get my kidney and hopefully that child of that person still donates their kidney, right? But it goes to a bank where that person can find a match recipient, but it only works if there is basically an altruistic donor."
"More than 100,000 people are currently on the transplant list in the US, with around 12 people dying each day because of organ shortage. In the UK, 8,186 people a record number are currently on the list, with a further almost 4,000 temporarily suspended but still in need of a transplant. Meanwhile, donor numbers in the UK are falling, with living donors now accounting for around 40% of donations primarily kidneys."
"Eisenberg, 42, added that he had first had the idea of organ donation while still alive around a decade ago but only recently set the process in motion. It's essentially risk-free and so needed, he said. I think people will realise that it's a no-brainer, if you have the time and the inclination. He further explained the process of matching donors and recipients, saying:"
Jesse Eisenberg will donate a kidney to a stranger in mid-December, describing the decision as altruistic and saying he is excited to do it. He first considered organ donation about a decade ago and recently set the process in motion, calling living donation essentially risk-free and much needed. He explained how altruistic donors enable paired exchanges when a direct donor is not a match. More than 100,000 people are on the US transplant list and 8,186 in the UK, with donor numbers falling in the UK and living donors now making up about 40% of donations.
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