2021 was a record-breaking year for new organ donor registrations with around 350,000 Australians joining the Australian Organ Donor Register (AODR), up 87% on 2020, however, new data reveals the urgent need for more Aussies to register as organ and tissue donors.
As well as the 1,750 seriously ill people on Australia's organ transplant waitlist, there are another 13,000 people on dialysis who may benefit from a kidney transplant.
“Right now in Australia there are 13 million people aged 16 and over who are eligible to register as organ and . . .
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