INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Donor Network, the federally designated organ recovery organization that coordinates organ, tissue and cornea donation in Indiana and transplantation across the U.S., hit a new high in 2022, with 1,116 transplants.
The milestone was an 18 percent increase in transplants compared to 2021, when 949 organs were transplanted.
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