Group wants more organ donors registered
Donate Life Maryland is using the month of April to try and encourage more people to register as organ, eye and tissue donors.
They are reminding people that they can sign up at Motor Vehicle Assocation offices. A heart will be placed on their license showing they are a donor.
People can also sign up online through the organization and get a registration card.
Organs that can be donated include: heart, liver, kidneys, lungs, pancreas and small intestine.
Tissue that can be donated include: corneas, eyes, skin, bone, tendons, ligaments, vessels and heart valves.
More than two million Maryland residents are registered as donors, or 48 percent of those eligible.
About 4,000 people are waiting for donated organs in the Maryland/Washington area.
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