Much inspired by his near-death experience which happened last year, Steve Jobs, the CEO of Apple, on Friday made a surprise visit to the Stanford's Lucile Packard Children's Hospital to tell everyone how a liver transplant ended up saving his life, and why patients who do not have the same amount of fame and money deserve to live as well.

"I was almost one of the ones that died waiting for a liver in California last year", Mr. Jobs said. The appearance at the event was made by him and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, and together they took the wraps off a new legislative effort to vastly expand the number of organ donors in the state.

In his first ever public acknowledgement of the much-rumored and talked about secret crisis, which he has battled for very long, Mr. Jobs said that since there were not enough donors in California, his doctor had advised him to enroll in a Memphis based transplant program.

Calling himself "very fortunate", Mr. Jobs revealed that there were many other patients who actually died waiting for an organ so that their transplant could be undertaken.

Pleas are now coming in from all ends to urge Californians to be more actively involved in organ donation.