Organ donation

Check out the Ministry of Health’s new organ donation public awareness campaign at www.isanorgandonor.com.  Find out how easy it is to let your family and friends know you would want to be an organ donor.

Organ donation saves lives. It’s one of the greatest gifts you can give.

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Having an organ donor sticker on your health card isn’t enough.  Your family needs to know, because they would be asked for consent.

About 180 Saskatchewan people are waiting for a transplant. (as of April 2011)

For more information about organ donation, go to www.health.gov.sk.ca/organ-and-tissue.

For an organ donor sticker and an organ donor card, call 1-800-667-7551.