BCers: Become an Organ Donor & Get a Free Pass to Body Worlds


Organ Donors in BC

Found out about this from Becks. If you live in BC you could sign up to become an organ donor & get a free pass to Body Worlds. I know that’s a very strange way of attracting people to donate their organs. I just thought I’d post it here incase some BCers are interested. More details here.

Some striking facts from the Canadian Organ Replacement Register

How many organ transplants are done in Canada each year?
In 2003, there were 1,794 single organ transplants in Canada. For purposes of reporting, this number includes 2 heart-lung transplants. An additional 49 combination transplants were done which included 38 kidney-pancreas and 5 kidney-liver transplants.

How many people are waiting for a transplant?
As of December 31, 2004, there were 4,004 people waiting for an organ transplant. Of these patients, 72% were waiting for a kidney transplant followed by 17% waiting for a liver transplant. This does not include 50 patients who were waiting for an islet cell transplant.

More info from the Canadian Organ Replacement Register here


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BCers: Become an Organ Donor & Get a Free Pass to Body Worlds


BCers: Become an Organ Donor & Get a Free Pass to Body Worlds


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