Organ Donation Proposal Paper
Abstract
In the last decade, the progress of post-transplant outcome and the increased organ failure has led to an increased need for organ transplant around the globe. Several factors such as the availability of guidelines for determining the eligibility influence this issue into more organ crisis. On the other hand, the need to meet the increased need for organ transplant has resulted in a rise in the number of people on the waiting list. According to Wendy (2005), in the year 2006 alone, the number of patients or Organ receivers on the waiting list was roughly around 95,000. Each year over 6,300 death cases reported due to unavailability of the organ in the United States (Gary, 2007). Due to the high shortage of organ, dozens of people life leading into a search for other alternative or pathway such as dialysis. Consequently, this kind of alternative methods has been able to provide practical solutions to this and other organ donation-related problems around the world (Wendy, 2005). The shortage of organs has deprived many patients of quality and better way of life. This paper provides a brief history of the organ donation, pros, and cons, statistics of organ donation, myths surrounding organ donation, organ donation-related issues and as well as the solutions and recommendations.

Organ Donation Proposal
History of Organ Donation
Organ donations started back on 1954 Professor Joseph Murray surgeon who performed the first successful kidney transplant. That year Dr. Joseph Murray won Nobel Prize for his incredible and outstanding work. Luckily the donor was an identical twin of the recipient, and there was no strong rejection at all. The patient or the kidney recipient lived for eight more years. The second challenges of organ transplantation were the first case of heart transplant receiver who lived for only 18 days and