Photo: Dr. Graham Sher, CEO of Canadian Blood Services, is shown in a recent handout photo.Canadian Blood Services has released a blueprint aimed at increasing organ donation and transplantation rates across the country. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Canadian Blood Services.
TORONTO - Canada must do better to help its citizens receive life-saving and life-enhancing transplants, says Canadian Blood Services, which released a blueprint Wednesday for boosting organ and tissue donations across the country.
The blueprint includes 25 recommendations on how provinces and territories can work together to create a national strategy to improve Canada's transplantation rate.
If implemented, the plan "would result in a 50 per cent increase in the number of organ transplants in Canada and a doubling of the number of tissue donors — saving and improving the lives of thousands of Canadians," said Dr. Graham Sher, CEO of Canadian Blood Services (CBS).
The demand for donor hearts, kidneys and other organs, as well as tissues like bone and skin, far outstrips the supply, Sher said from Ottawa.
"In Canada, we have seen stagnant performance for over a decade in organ and tissue donation and transplantation," he said. "Today, we do not meet the needs of Canadian patients. And with advances in medicine and an aging population, the demand for organ and for tissues will only increase.
"Almost every day and a half, someone in this country dies while waiting for an organ transplant."
Read more: http://www.brandonsun.com/lifestyles/breaking-news/blueprint-provides-national-strategy-for-boosting-organ-donations-transplants-159743685.html?thx=y
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