CARL SARGEANT AM WELCOMES ORGAN DONATION CAMPAIGN
Carl Sargeant, AM for Alyn and Deeside, has attended the launch of a pioneering new campaign aimed at increasing the number of organ donors in Wales.The Donate Wales – Tell a Loved One campaign, funded by the Welsh Assembly Government and led by the Kidney Wales Foundation, sees nine major charities come together for the first time in the UK to tackle the shortage of donors. It’s also the first time there has been an organ donation campaign unique to Wales.Mr Sargeant, who has spoken out in the chamber about the need to increase the number of people donating their organs for transplant, said: “More than three quarters of a million people in Wales have joined the Organ Donor Register but that still means that three in four of us have yet to do so. “For those people who have joined, it is crucially important that they talk to their loved ones about their views on organ donation because families often refuse to allow organs to be donated simply because they are unaware of their relative’s wishes.” The campaign, which will run until September 2008, is encouraging people to get talking about what they want to happen to their organs when they die and to encourage more people in Wales to join the Organ Donor Register.
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