FACT: You are more likely to need a transplant than become a donor.
FACT: A donor can donate a heart, lungs, two kidneys, pancreas, liver and small bowel and restore the sight of two others.
FACT: Donors can also give bone and tissue such as skin, heart valves and tendons. Skin grafts have helped people with severe burns and bone is used in orthopaedic surgery.
FACT: The majority of relatives agree to organ donation. Objection is virtually unknown if family members are aware that their loved ones wanted to donate. This is why it is so important for people to discuss organ and tissue donation with their families.
FACT: Most organ donations come from people who have died while on a ventilator in a hospital intensive care unit. Organs, particularly hearts and lungs, deteriorate very quickly without an oxygen supply and the ventilator is able to keep blood and oxygen circulating after death.
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