How many Australian lives have been saved through organ transplants?
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It was great to see more Australians’ saying yes to donation in 2019. What we have seen in the past decade is more than 13,000 Australians receiving an organ transplant and that’s thanks 4,500 donors and their families, and we want to thank them for saying yes to donation.
Why is registering to be an organ and tissue donor important?
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There are around 1,600 Australians currently on wait lists for an organ transplant what we need I more people to register because we know when someone registers in nine out of 10 times their families will say yes to donation.
Why is registering to be an organ and tissue donor important?
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Not everyone can be an organ donor when they die. Only around 1,300 Australians each year – that’s about 2% of people who die in a hospital – die in a way where they can become an organ donor. This is why it’s really important that we talk about organ donation, register, and tell our families that we want to be a donor so we have that we have that opportunity.
Who makes up the DonateLife Network?
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DonateLife has 275 dedicated doctors and nurses working across 98 hospitals in Australia to make sure organ donation happens.
What do you want Australians to do?
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What we need is all Australians to talk about organ donation and register at donatelife.gov.au to have the chance to change someone’s life.
What would you like local residents to do?
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We’re calling on all local residents to talk about organ donation and register at donatleife.gov.au where it only takes a minute to potentially save the lives of those who might need a transplant.
