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There has been a dramatic increase in donations and organ transplants after a record increase in the donor consent rate over the past year.
This comes after news.com.au launched its one week campaign Take a minute, save a life support Donate Life Week at the end of July last year.
News.com.au is proud to have contributed at least 4% of the 21,220 new listings registered last year. At least 870 registrations have been completed via a specific link included in news.com.au and these figures do not include registrations made by those who went directly to the site later.
Between July 29th and November 12th, more than 8600 clicks on the DonateLife page were published in the news.com.au articles.
The Minister responsible for the Body and Tissue Authority, Ken Wyatt, said a record 1,544 Australians had received a transplant in 2018, 144 more than the year before.
"We wholeheartedly welcome the 554 generous and selfless Australians who have made the gift of life over the past year, especially their families, who play a crucial role in confirming that their loved one wants to be a donor" said Mr Wyatt. I said.
"This means that since the launch of the national program 10 years ago, organ donation has more than doubled, saving nearly double the number of people transplanted."
203,783 new donors were registered in 2018, an increase of 12% over the previous year.
Mr Wyatt said the fast online organ donor registrations introduced in July 2017 had been heavily supported by popular sports codes, such as the AFL, the NRL and the FFA.
"One of the main factors behind the increase in donations is a significant increase in the consent rate, from 59% in 2017 to 64% in 2018, the highest rate ever recorded "said Mr. Wyatt.
As news.com.au pointed out in his reports last year, even if a person is a registered organ donor, about 10% of families refuse to let the gift go.
That is why it is important for donors to register and inform their family of their decision.
The results of 2018 will place Australia among the 15 countries in the world in terms of organ donations, with a national donation rate of 22.2 donors per million inhabitants (dpmp), an increase of 7% compared to 2017 (20.7 dpmp).
"Increasing our consent rate to 70% would put Australia in the top 10 of the best performers in the world and we are now at 6% of the achievement of this goal," said Wyatt.
"It is clear that significant progress has been made, but we can and must do more to increase donations.
"With about 1,400 Australians currently on the waiting list for a transplant and about 12,000 people on kidney dialysis, it's crucial that everyone thinks about giving, talks to their family, and inscribes them on the list." Australian Register of Organ Donors. "
You can register on www.donatelife.gov.au in less than a minute on your mobile phone, tablet or computer.
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