Thursday, 4 August 2022

DonateLife Week

Mr TARLAMIS (South Eastern Metropolitan) (10:38): Last week was DonateLife Week, a national awareness week that promotes the importance of organ and tissue donation and encourages more people to talk to their families and register. While the majority of Australians believe it is important to be an organ and tissue donor, only one in three is currently registered. This is despite the registration process being so easy and only taking 1 minute. The importance cannot be overstated. One organ donor can save up to seven lives, and there are currently 1750 Australians on the organ transplant waitlist. Thousands of Australians are living their lives to the fullest with a second chance at experiencing all the love, joy and adventure that life has to offer because of the generosity of organ tissue donors and their families. In our opt-in organ donation system we need everyone to make their intentions clear not only by registering but also by having the conversation with their family and friends so their intentions are known. If you have not already registered, do not wait any longer. Do it today. It only takes 1 minute. This simple act could mean that you too could one day save lives.