Article 1KAR8 Apple pushes organ donor registration for US iPhone users

Apple pushes organ donor registration for US iPhone users

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Samuel Gibbs and agencies
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Organ donation? There'll soon be an app for that, after Tim Cook cites Steve Jobs' 'excruciating' wait for a liver transplant in 2009 as inspiration for Health update

Apple will give US users the ability to sign up as organ donors on their iPhones as part of its upcoming iOS 10 update.

The chief executive, Tim Cook, says he hopes the easy sign-up button in the Health app will help ease a longstanding donor shortage in the US.

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