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Medical professionals, organizations work to make life-saving transplants available and quickler

By Karen L. Chandler For MediaNews Group, Reading Eagle

With some studies showing the waiting list for organ transplants on the rise, area doctors confirm the reasons for the wait are many and complex.

Reports note that, in 2018 alone, there were 113,000 people waiting for organs nationally and 5,800 individuals died while they were on the list.

Progress made in the field of medicine is simultaneously giving potential candidates hope, but also may lengthen wait times for transplants.

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