Organ donation is an incredibly powerful way to help people in our community. One organ donor can help up to 50 other people, and that is excluding the flow-on effects received by their family and loved ones.

Hundreds of people die each year due to curable illness because they can't get the medical treatment they need due to a lack of donated organs. To be an organ donor is an incredibly personal choice, and I respect the decision not to register as a donor.

However, for Canberrans who are not opposed to being a donor, you need to opt-in by registering here! A minute of your time can save lives.

"In the ACT only 25% of people are registered organ donors,
as opposed to the national average of 34%."

Dr Marisa Paterson MLA