THIRTEEN people in Nottinghamshire have died because of a shortage of organs in the past year.
The NHS revealed the figure today ahead of National Transplant Week on Monday.
It also revealed that there are 124 people in the county waiting for an organ transplant. The campaign is trying to find more donors and encourage more people to tell family members they want to be a donor.
Sally Johnson, of NHS Blood and Transplant, said: "Last year 76 people living in Nottinghamshire benefited from a life-saving organ transplant thanks to families making the decision to donate when a loved one died.''
