Anyone 16 and older can register to become an organ or tissue donor.
April is "BeADonor" Month in Ontario, and Niagara Health and the Trillium Gift of Life Network are encouraging you to register to become an organ and tissue donor.
Anyone over the age of 16 can register at BeADonor.ca.
"It’s an easy way to sign up and whole families can sign up in 10 minutes after having these conversations," says Dr. Hari Vasan, Niagara Health’s Hospital Donation Physician and Medical Director of the Critical Response Team. "It’s a tragedy to potentially not have your wishes honoured and to not have someone benefit from what you could have contributed as a result."
Anyone interested in becoming a donor is advised to discuss their wishes with their families.
Niagara Health says last year, 10 local organ donors saved the lives of 32 individuals.
One organ donation can save up to eight lives, and 75 more can be enhanced through tissue donation.
The Trillium Gift of Life Network notes while over 90 percent of Ontarians are in favour of organ donation, only one in three have registered their consent.
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