Growth in transplants tied to social media

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The transplant center here at ECMC performs up to 80 kidney and pancreas transplants every year. And while that may seem like a lot, consider the waiting list here alone approaches 700 people, and as many as 1,000 people are waiting on organ transplants across WNY.))
“Organ donation, from our perspective, is a public health crisis,” said Sarah Diina, marketing director at Unyts, western New York’s organ procurement organization that serves an eight-