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Article: Kaiser Permanente to Address Critical Lack of Donor Organs.
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- February 13, 2002
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OAKLAND, Calif. -- Kaiser Permanente has launched a multi-year National Donor Awareness Campaign to promote organ and tissue donation to all Kaiser Permanente physicians, employees and members. As part of this effort, Kaiser Permanente will participate in National Donor Day on February 14, by sponsoring events in California, Georgia and Maryland that inform employees about the importance of becoming a donor and to encourage organ and tissue donations.
"The key issue in transplant care today is the lack of donor organs available for the thousands of critically ill people who are awaiting an organ match," said Jed Weissberg, MD, Associate Executive Director for ...