Living donation

Living donation may be an option for you, making it unnecessary to join the transplant waiting list and possibly reducing the time you have to wait before your transplant surgery.

Through living kidney donation a person chooses to donate one of his or her kidneys to a person in need. And the benefits can be great:

• You can avoid long delays waiting on national lists, which may mean that you are in better health when the transplant is performed
• The organ being donated may be healthier than one received from a deceased donor
• The surgery can be scheduled for a time when both you and the donor are in the best condition possible
• Because a living donation is often made by a family member, there is a higher likelihood for a better match

For more information about living donation, speak with your transplant team to see if it is an option for you, and read the following brochure, which is an Adobe® Portable Document Format (PDF) file. Please click here to download Adobe Reader for free.

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