COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina has about 1,000 people waiting for organ transplants, and several of the state’s leaders, including Gov. Nikki Haley, want to increase the chances of finding possible donors.
Haley joined representatives from several groups at the Statehouse in Columbia on Wednesday and announced a campaign to double the number of potential donors on the state’s organ and tissue registry.
South Carolina ranks 45th in the nation with a donor designation rate of about 20 percent, officials said.
The campaign is being organized by the nonprofit registry group known as Donate Life South Carolina, the state Department of Motor Vehicles and LifePoint, an organ and donation services group.
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