Michigan donor registry up markedly

WNEM TV 5 | Craig McMorris

LANSING, MI (WNEM) - Nearly 41,000 residents joined the state's organ donor registry last month, an increase of 89 percent from February 2011, according to Michigan Secretary of State Ruth Johnson.

Through the first two months of 2012, more than 82,000 people registered as donors in Michigan. That puts the state ahead of 2011's pace by 77 percent. Nearly 400,000 residents - a record number - joined the registry in Michigan last year.

Registrations have surged since May, when Johnson put a policy in effect requiring Secretary of State branch office employees, as time permits, to ask customers at the counter if they would like to join the state's donor registry. The department has also strengthened its partnerships with donation advocates and taken other steps to promote registration, including placing reminders on printed and online forms for customers.
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