Donate Life Week is dedicated to promoting organ and tissue donation.
According to the Australian Government (2021), organ and tissue donation can save and transform the lives of those Australians who receive a transplant.
Organ and tissue donation involves removing organs and tissue from someone who has died (a donor) and transplanting them into someone who, in many cases, is very ill or dying (a recipient).
The decision to donate organs and tissue is an act of extraordinary generosity.
What can be donated?
- Heart;
- Lungs;
- Liver;
- Kidney;
- Pancreas;
- Tissue including heart valves, veins, tendons, bone, ligaments, skin and parts of the eye;
According to the Australian Government (2021), right now there are around 1600 Australians waitlisted for a life-changing organ transplant.
To find out more, visit https://www.donatelife.gov.au/