S.C. drivers respond to new organ donation registry

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina drivers are responding to a
new organ donation registry.

LifePoint Inc., the organ recovery service designated by the
federal government for South Carolina, says more than half of
drivers getting a license since the registry's December launch have
also become donors.

The service says the registry will contain 100,000 people by
Friday.

Residents can sign up online or at Department of Motor Vehicles
offices.

As of January, more than 775 South Carolinians were on waiting
lists for organ transplants.

The United Network for Organ Sharing says that, on average, 45
South Carolinians on waiting lists die every year.

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