At any given time in BC, about 500 patients are waiting for a life-saving organ transplant. There’s a good chance you already support this cause – 95% of people in our province say that giving consent for organ donation in advance is very important to them yet only 20% have actually registered their decision.
The best part? It only takes two minutes to do! All you need to participate is your Personal Health Number on your Care Card.
If you have questions about organ and tissue donation or want to learn more, visit the BC Transplant website. We hope you decide to participate.
DID YOU KNOW?
Any British Columbian can register their decision regardless of:
– Age
– Sexual orientation
– Medical history
– Religion
Any British Columbian can register their decision regardless of:
– Age
– Sexual orientation
– Medical history
– Religion
Not sure if you’ve registered?
Verifyonline at transplant.bc.ca. You only need to register your decision
once.
once.
A decal on your driver’s licence or carecard is no longer enough.
One organ donor can save up to 8 lives.
You are more likely to need a transplant than you are to become an organ donor.
Donation is considered only after all lifesaving efforts are made and it’s certain you will not survive.
Two doctors, not involved in transplant, must declare your death before organ donation can proceed.
Living kidney donors live a normal
healthy life with one kidney.
2016 BY THE NUMBERS
651
British Columbians on the wait list
for a transplant
651
British Columbians on the wait list
for a transplant
21
British Columbians died while on
the transplant wait list
British Columbians died while on
the transplant wait list
423
transplants performed
transplants performed
97
deceased donors in BC
deceased donors in BC
20.3
BC’s donors per million rate for
deceased donation (national average
in 2015 was 18.2)
BC’s donors per million rate for
deceased donation (national average
in 2015 was 18.2)
95
British Columbians who were
living kidney donors
British Columbians who were
living kidney donors
19.9
BC’s donors per million rate for living
donation (national average in 2015
was 15.7)
BC’s donors per million rate for living
donation (national average in 2015
was 15.7)
7,193
transplants performed in British
Columbia since 1968
transplants performed in British
Columbia since 1968
95%
of British Columbians support
organ donation
of British Columbians support
organ donation
1,051,424
(approx. 20%) of people in BC
have registered their decision
on organ donation
2 MINUTES
the time it takes to register your decision on organ donation
online at transplant.bc.ca
1%
less than one percent of British
Columbians die in a way that
would enable them to become
an organ donor
less than one percent of British
Columbians die in a way that
would enable them to become
an organ donor
3
number of transplant centres
in BC – BC Children’s Hospital;
St Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver
General Hospital
number of transplant centres
in BC – BC Children’s Hospital;
St Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver
General Hospital
8
number of regional clinics that providecare to patients post-transplant
number of regional clinics that providecare to patients post-transplant