- ID
- 5206606
- Banca
- NUCEPE
- Órgão
- Prefeitura de Timon - MA
- Ano
- 2020
- Provas
- Disciplina
- Inglês
- Assuntos
Answers the question according to the text below.
Organ Donation and Transplant
At this moment, more than 113,000 people in the U.S. are waiting for an organ.
One more person is added to the national waiting list every 12 minutes.
Each of these people is in desperate need of a kidney, liver, heart, or other organ.
More than 6,500 people a year -- about 20 a day -- die before that organ ever
becomes available.
Organ donors are always in short supply. There are far more people in need of a
transplant than there are people willing to donate an organ.
Most of the organs that are available come from deceased donors. When you fill
out an organ donor card with your driver's license, you're agreeing to donate all or
some of your organs if you die.
A smaller number of organs come from healthy people. More than 6,000
transplants from living donors are performed each year.
You might have wondered about donating an organ -- either to a friend or relative
who needs an organ right now, or by filling out an organ donor card.
Just about anyone, at any age, can become an organ donor. Anyone younger than
age18 needs to have the consent of a parent or guardian.
For organ donation after death, a medical assessment will be done to determine what
organs can be donated. Certain conditions, such as having HIV, actively
spreading cancer, or severe infection would exclude organ donation.
Having a serious condition like cancer, HIV, diabetes, kidney disease, or heart
disease can prevent you from donating as a living donor.
Based on the text it is CORRECT to state:
I. More than 113,000 people in the world wait for an organ;
II. Only 20% of people on the waiting list for an organ can receive it;
III. The number of people willing to donate an organ outnumber those who need an organ;
IV. In the United States, more than 6,000 living donor transplants are performed annually;
V. Most organs available for donation come from deceased people and it is necessary that in life, the person
fills out a specific form for this purpose.
Choose the CORRECT alternative.