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.
