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Kelly Hancock: “Of the 10,000 Texans that are waiting on an organ, 85% of…”

Featuring: Kelly Hancock, Republican | State Senator, Texas, District 9

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Interview with Texas State Senator Kelly Hancock on Kidney Donation and Health Legislation

Published | Video Starts at 01:21

Are you seeing what you want to be seeing out of that program? Yeah, we're thrilled with the numbers. And so the reality is, you know, Of the 10,000 Texans that are waiting on an organ, 85% of those are kidney, 11% need a liver transplant. So both those needs can be filled by living donors. And what we've seen, I think in 2023, we saw nearly 800. (01:21–01:37)

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