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Transcript: WEBWIRE---SENATE APPROVES DURBIN MEASURE TO IMMPROVE ORGAN DONATION
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- September 10, 1997
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For Immediate Release: September 10, 1997
Contact: Melissa Merz (202) 224-7028
SENATE ACCEPTS DURBIN MEASURE TO IMPROVE ORGAN DONATION
Washington, D.C. - Noting that nearly 4,000 people died in
1996 while waiting for organ donations. U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin yesterday
offered an amendment to help improve hospitals' organ donation programs.
The amendment was accepted by the Senate as part of a spending bill
for
several federal agencies.
Durbin, who last year helped pass legislation that resulted
in an estimated 70 million Americans receiving organ donation cards
in
this year's federal tax refunds, said increasing the number of people
who
complete the ...