UW Health is joining organizations across the country to recognize April as Donate Life Month, honoring organ, eye, and tissue donors.
Over 108,000 adults and children in the U.S. are awaiting an organ transplant, including 1,500 people in Wisconsin.
UW Health states that most individuals on the waitlist need a kidney, but more than 13 people die each day while waiting for a transplant, according to Michael Anderson, executive director of UW Organ and Tissue Donation.