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Hundreds of Australians suffer and die needlessly each year due to a shortage of organ and tissue donors. You can help save lives by registering your consent to become an organ and tissue donor. http://www.australiansdonate.org.au/
At the beginning of 2007, 1 780 people were waiting for organ transplants: Kidney 1394, Heart 77, Liver 151, Lung 121, Pancreas 37. By the end of June 2007, 107 people had donated organs, allowing 351 people to receive transplants. By the end of May 2007, a total of 461 people had donated eyes, allowing corneal transplants. By the end of May 2007, 1706 people donated other tissue while 1260 people had received donated tissue implants. Report card To download a report card on organ and tissue donation, please click here (42KB)
About the Australian Organ Donor Register - Register Online
Privacy Note:The establishment of the Australian Organ Donor Register (the Register) is authorised by a service arrangement under subsection 7(2) of the Medicare Australia Act 1973. The information you provide on this form will be used to record your consent to organ and tissue donation for transplantation (or your intent if aged 16 or 17 years) on the Donor Register. Provision of your Medicare number is voluntary and will be used to access your most recent enrolment details as held on the Medicare enrolment file. It will not be used for any other purpose. The information on the Donor Register will be available to authorised personnel in the organ and tissue donation network who have signed confidentiality agreements covering your personal information. http://www.medicareaustralia.gov.au/yourhealth/lodge_your_request/aodr_register.htm
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We all know how important it is to have organ donors, and to donate organs. I thought that if I provide a link which could be forwarded on to people that you know, who will then pass it onto their friends, then maybe we could make a start on having more donors in Australia. So, please copy and paste the link and send a mass of emails to start this chain of events.