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Canadians Are Dying Because Our Organ Donate Rate is Dismally Low

Dr. Lori West, director of the Canadian National Transplant Research Program, an agency committed to increasing our donation rates, outlines how Canada’s transplant system can do better: They include:

  1. Expand the pool of potential donors;
  2. Find better ways of transporting organs;
  3. Train doctors to be organ specialists;
  4. Have a national organ donation registry;
  5. Become an organ donor and make your wishes known to family

Read the full article here: https://www.cbc.ca/natureofthings/m_features/canadians-are-dying-because-our-organ-transplant-rate-is-dismally-low