Organ Donor Awareness Week in Argentina from October 10-14 aims to highlight the benefits of organ donation as over 6,800 patients are currently waiting for transplants due to low donor rates. While 1,018 transplants were performed in 2011, only 463 donors were recorded that year, resulting in a donor rate of just 11.3 per million inhabitants. The document calls for more donors to sign up and help save lives by increasing transplant availability.