Number of organ donations increasing

Journal Staff Some 47% of Sarnia residents are registered organ donors, which is well above the provincial average of 30%, according to the Trillium Gift of Life Network.

Published: February 12th, 2017

Journal Staff

Some 47% of Sarnia residents are registered organ donors, which is well above the provincial average of 30%, according to the Trillium Gift of Life Network.

Organ donations in Ontario increased by 30% last year with a record 1,302 people receiving transplants. It was the third straight year that more people gave the gift of life.

Currently, there are 13 Sarnians waiting for a medically urgent organ transplant, the network said.

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