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Transplant Quiz
Answer the following questions or statements True or False. Then click Submit to see how you did. For more information visit our Organ & Tissue Donatation page.
 
True   False In the United States, approximately 17 men, women and children die every day while waiting for an organ transplant.
   
True   False Dr. Joseph E. Murray performed the first successful kidney transplant at Brigham and Woman’s Hospital in Boston, MA in 1954.
   
True   False Wealthy people and celebrities are given priority status when waiting for a transplant.
   
True   False The number of donors is not sufficient to meet the needs of people awaiting transplants.
   
True   False Most transplant recipients survive only a few years.
   
True   False If I’m in an accident and the hospital knows I want to be an organ donor, the doctors won’t work as hard to save my life.
   
True   False Only hearts, livers and kidneys can be transplanted.
   
True   False When I die I want to be an organ donor. I don’t need to tell my family because I put it in my will.
   
True   False In 2005, there were thousands of organ donors in the Greater New York metropolitan area; therefore, with so many donors, I don’t need to think about becoming a donor one day.
   
True   False After the death of a loved one, I will be asked to consent to organ and/or tissue donation. Therefore, I should learn all I can about donation and find out whether my loved ones which to be donors.
   
 
   
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