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Calls to increase organ donation numbers

July 30, 2024 9:31 am in by

There are calls for locals to think about organ donation during DonateLife Week.

A local MP is calling for Victoria to follow South Australia and have organ donation recorded on a person’s driver’s licence.

The Mildura region has the lowest reported organ donation rate at 22 per cent, well below the national average of 36 per cent.

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Member for Mallee Anne Webster says her own granddaughter received a liver transplant when she was 14 months.

To donate for organ donation go to https://www.donatelife.gov.au/register-donor-today

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