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April is National Donate Life Month

According to the National Kidney Foundation, in the United States, a new person is added to the kidney transplant list every 14 minutes.
Thirteen people die each day waiting for a new kidney.
ABC-7’s Stephanie Valle interviewed Doctor Alfonso Chavez, a local nephrologist, and Yvette Lazarin, who has received three kidney transplants, to learn more about kidney disease and kidney transplants.

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