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To celebrate and recognize the month of April as Donate Life Month.
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WHEREAS; more than 121,000 men, women, and children are currently awaiting a life-saving organ transplant in the United States; and
WHEREAS; approximately 18 times a day, a person dies while waiting for an organ transplant; and
WHEREAS; Ohio has approximately 3,400 people awaiting an organ transplant at any one time; and
WHEREAS; Central Ohio has more than 700 men, women, and children currently on the organ transplant lists at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and Nationwide Children’s Hospital; and
WHEREAS; a single donor can potentially save the lives of eight people through organ donation by donating their heart, lungs, liver, pancreas, kidneys and small intestine, and enhance the lives of more than 50 others through tissue donation by donating corneas, veins, heart valves, fascia, bone, skin, tendons, ligaments and nerves; and
WHEREAS; Lifeline of Ohio is the designated organ procurement organization dedicated to promoting and coordinating the donation of organs and tissue for transplantation in the region; and
WHEREAS; more than 5 million Ohioans have made the important decision to register as an organ, eye, and tissue donor in the Ohio Donor Registry; and
WHEREAS; the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles makes it easy for an individual to register an advanced directive decision to become an organ or tissue donor on their driver’s license or state identification card by signing up online at www.lifelineofohio.org or by filling out a paper registration form; and
WHEREAS; discussing an individual’s wishes regarding organ and tissue donation is one of the most important discussions a family can have; now therefore;
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
That this Council does hereby recognize and celebrate the month of April as Donate Life Month in the City of Columbus, and in doing so, encourages all citizens to consider sharing the gift of life ...
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