Frequently Asked Questions About Donation
What is unyts?
It is WNY’s ONLY organ, eye, tissue and community blood center.
Community Blood Service
Organ & Tissue Donation
To sign up to be a donor please visit www.unyts.org, Get Involved.
Become an Organ, Eye, Tissue & Community Blood Donor Today!
Donate Life Today...It Does Matter!!
It is WNY’s ONLY organ, eye, tissue and community blood center.
Community Blood Service
- One pint of blood can save up to 3 lives.
- About 1 in 7 people entering a hospital need blood.
- UNYTS is the primary supplier of blood products for Kaleida Health,
- ECMC, and all the hospitals in Niagara & Wyoming Counties.
- All donated blood stays in WNY to help LOCAL patients in LOCAL hospitals.
- In 2011, over 26,000 presenting blood & platelet donors, for a total of over 90,000 presenting blood donors since June 2007.
- Unyts works with over 1,000 community
- Partners to host blood drives across WNY.
Organ & Tissue Donation
- A Single donor can save or enhance the lives of up to 50 people.
- Over 112,000 individuals are awaiting transplants.
- Approximately 10% are from New York State.
- Approximately 74 organ transplants take place everyday in the US
- Sadly, an average of 18 patients die every day while waiting, simply because the organ they needed did not become available in time.
- On average, 118 people are added to the nation’s organ transplant waiting list each day- one every ten minutes.
To sign up to be a donor please visit www.unyts.org, Get Involved.
Become an Organ, Eye, Tissue & Community Blood Donor Today!
Donate Life Today...It Does Matter!!