organ shortage
Not enough kidneys
Organ shortage refers to the gap between the number of organs available for transplant and the number of patients who need them.
Demand far exceeds supply because organs must come from recently deceased or living donors, and many potential donors are never identified or their families decline.
The shortage drives policy debates about donation systems, waiting lists, and whether organ sales should be legal.
Thousands die each year waiting for a kidney due to the organ shortage.
- transplantMove tissue between bodies
- donorOne who contributes freely
- waitingRemaining in expectation
- waiting listRecord of hopeful applicants
- listSequence of recorded items
kidney · liver · heart · recipient · tissue match · harvest · dialysis · match · tissue · queue · death · opt out · scarce · black market · allocation · ethics · cadaver · living
- shortages
- organ transplantskidney transplant, heart transplant, liver transplant, lung transplant, living donor
- health crisespandemic, epidemic, outbreak, health emergency, public health emergency
- health problemsdisease, cancer, diabetes, illness, heart disease