What is Organ Donation
What is Organ Donation?
Organ Donation is the donation of biological tissue or an organ of the human body, from a living or dead person to a living recipient in need of a transplant (Wikipedia).
What is Organ Transplantation?
Often the only treatment for end state organ failure (WHO, Human Organ Transplantation).
Canadian Organ Donation Statistics:
There are more than 4,500 people waiting for organ transplants in Canada Today.
256 people on the waiting list for a transplant died before receiving transplants (2012) - a third of them needed a kidney.
You can donate certain organs and tissues while you are still alive such as; a kidney, part of the liver, and a lobe of the lung
Over 2,000 transplants were performed in 2012. This number has remained virtually unchanged since 2006.
Nearly 98% of all kidney transplants, 90% of liver transplants and 85% of heart transplants are successful
Over 1,600 Canadians are added to organ wait lists yearly.
Over 2,000 transplants were performed in 2012. This number has remained virtually unchanged since 2006.
About a third of organs that could be donated are lost because potential donors didn't make their families aware of their wishes,
A 90% majority of Canadians support organ and tissue donation but less than 25% have made plans to donate.
One donor can benefit more than 75 people and save up to 8 lives.
(Healthy Canadians, GOV Canada)
How to Become a Donor in Ontario:
Since health care is a provincial matter in Canada, every province has its own way of handling organ donor registries. (What You Need To Know, Canadian Living)
In Ontario, you can show your intent to be an organ donor by carrying a signed donor card. Cards are included with new and renewed driver's licenses and available through the Trillium Gift of Life Network (call 416-363-4001 or 1-800-263-2833), at Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care offices and at some Ministry of Transportation offices. You can also register your wishes and have them linked
Organ Donation is the donation of biological tissue or an organ of the human body, from a living or dead person to a living recipient in need of a transplant (Wikipedia).
What is Organ Transplantation?
Often the only treatment for end state organ failure (WHO, Human Organ Transplantation).
Canadian Organ Donation Statistics:
There are more than 4,500 people waiting for organ transplants in Canada Today.
256 people on the waiting list for a transplant died before receiving transplants (2012) - a third of them needed a kidney.
You can donate certain organs and tissues while you are still alive such as; a kidney, part of the liver, and a lobe of the lung
Over 2,000 transplants were performed in 2012. This number has remained virtually unchanged since 2006.
Nearly 98% of all kidney transplants, 90% of liver transplants and 85% of heart transplants are successful
Over 1,600 Canadians are added to organ wait lists yearly.
Over 2,000 transplants were performed in 2012. This number has remained virtually unchanged since 2006.
About a third of organs that could be donated are lost because potential donors didn't make their families aware of their wishes,
A 90% majority of Canadians support organ and tissue donation but less than 25% have made plans to donate.
One donor can benefit more than 75 people and save up to 8 lives.
(Healthy Canadians, GOV Canada)
How to Become a Donor in Ontario:
Since health care is a provincial matter in Canada, every province has its own way of handling organ donor registries. (What You Need To Know, Canadian Living)
In Ontario, you can show your intent to be an organ donor by carrying a signed donor card. Cards are included with new and renewed driver's licenses and available through the Trillium Gift of Life Network (call 416-363-4001 or 1-800-263-2833), at Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care offices and at some Ministry of Transportation offices. You can also register your wishes and have them linked