People on the waiting list are not waiting for a cure to be discovered; they are waiting for a gift of a lifetime. What can you do? You can help by joining The Ohio Donor Registry.

TV and movie dramas, urban legends and sensationalism have helped to create many questions and concerns about organ and tissue donation. Did you know that less than 2% of the nation's population can be organ donors at the times of their deaths? Also, there is a difference between organ and tissue donors. Organs are only recovered from donors who experience brain death, or donation after cardiac death may occur. Tissue, however, can be recovered from donors who experience either brain death or cardiac death.

To address some common misconceptions, a list of Truths about Organ and Tissue Donation was developed. These informative pages will help explain the complexity and answer questions about donating life.

The donation process is complex, under strict time constraints and must adhere to the national organ allocation proccess. To learn more link to the following pages: