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Iowa Donor Network notes high consent rates and long waits
The Gazette reports 60 percent of Iowa families consent to organ removal after death while 227 Iowans remain on waiting lists. Kidney transplants dominate waits of nine to twelve months, with heart grafts taking up to a year and a half. Federal law now flags deaths to donor networks and a speakers bureau offers patient perspectives.
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