Organ donation

The Australian Organ Donor Register is a way for people to formally register their wish to donate their organs after they die. Organ transplants give many people a second chance at life. Donated tissues help people with a variety of major illnesses. You should discuss organ and tissue donation with your family so that they will know if you wish to donate organs and tissues after you die.

A number of your organs and body tissues can be donated. Organs include kidneys and liver, heart and lungs pancreas. Body tissues include heart valves, bone and skin, corneas from your eyes and blood and bone marrow.