Jonathan M. Backus wrote:

>       <* Hmmm... *>  Is this true?  Is the "chronic organ donor shortage" only in
> the US, or is this a global issue?


I don't know about other countries, but a Google search on "organ donor
shortage" returns 13,000 hits, with plenty of non-US sites on the first 100
results page.

A nice graphic that illustrates the magnitude of the problem in the US is at:

http://www.unos.org/Frame_default.asp?Category=AboutIssue
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