A recent study has shown that three people die every day waiting for an organ transplant.
As part of National Transplant Week, reporter ROB SMYTH takes a second look at the national shortage by talking to staff at Burton’s Queen’s Hospital about the issue as well as speaking to people whose lives have been directly impacted by organ donation.
WORTHWHILE” was the one word used by Jill Kelsall as she discussed her role as a specialist nurse for organ donation at Burton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
She was speaking to the Mail as part of National Transplant Week in an effort to recruit new donors.
Currently 18 million people are registered donors in the UK and while this number may seem impressive, it pales into insignificance when statistics show that three people die every single day waiting for an organ transplant.
As you read this more than 7,500 people of all ages across the UK are waiting for an organ transplant.
This is why Jill and a host of others are backing the ‘Pass It On’ campaign to get more people signed up to the organ donation register and to take away some of the fear and worry from families about loved ones donating organs.
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{Register to be an organ,eye and tissue donor. To learn how, www.donatelife.net or www.organdonor.gov}
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