400,000 of our neighbors are tied to dialysis machines. 90,000 of them have registered for a kidney transplant. 17,000 receive a kidney transplant each year. Computer technology is helping to increase the number of transplants.
Many kidney transplants are between relatives. However, while a relative may be willing to donate a kidney to a family member, oftentimes this is not possible as the medical conditions of the parties are not compatible. Enter Grant Hil and the National Kidney Registry. He had the insight that a kidney transplant is more likely to be possible if the donor base was enlarged to include anyone who wished to donate and was capable of doing so. To be successful a kidney from a family member is not needed. The Registry pairs willing donors with those having a need, even if the parties live thousands of miles apart. Hil uses computer technology to track donors and their kidneys with patients needing a kidney.
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