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WRTC volunteer George Franklin has celebrated over 25 years with his transplanted kidney!

 Patients waiting in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan 
        Area

As of October 29, 2004
 

1,741 waiting for a kidney transplant
   394 waiting for a liver transplant
     60 waiting for a pancreas transplant
96 95 waiting for a kidney-pancreas transplant
     13 waiting for an intestine transplant
     11 waiting for a heart transplant
       1 waiting for a heart-lung transplant
     19 waiting for a lung transplant
   
2,339 TOTAL

Patients waiting in the United States

            As of October 29, 2004

60,071 waiting for a kidney transplant
17,498 waiting for a liver transplant
  1,646 waiting for a pancreas transplant
  2,454 waiting for a kidney-pancreas transplant
     202 waiting for an intestine transplant
  3,359 waiting for a heart transplant
     178  waiting for a heart-lung transplant
  3,947 waiting for a lung transplant
   
87,228 TOTAL*
 
*Some patients are waiting for more than one organ, therefore the total number of patients is less than the sum of patients waiting for each organ. These totals include all active and inactive waiting list patients.