“Encouraging Organ Donation in Quebec: CIUSSS Urges Citizens to Register and Inform Loved Ones”

However, around forty people are still waiting for organ donation in the region.

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This is the assessment made by the CIUSSS MCQ in this National Organ and Tissue Donation Week which is celebrated this year from April 23 to 29.

The CIUSSS is now trying to encourage donation in the context of medical assistance in dying. Health care workers have had to respond to more than 200 requests over the past year. However, only one allowed a sample.

“This is an opportunity to increase the number of donors outside of usual practice,” says Dr. Marie-Josée Bériault, regional organ donation coordinator for the CIUSSS Mauricie–Centre-du-Québec.

The first donation under such circumstances was made in Quebec in 2017. In 2022, nearly 15% of donors have used this new practice.

Inform loved ones of his legacy

This innovation is encouraging for the health network as the annual number of transplant recipients in Quebec has struggled to increase over the past ten years. Talking more about his openness to giving is a first step.

There are three ways to signify consent:

• Register in the organ and tissue donation consent register of the Régie de l’assurance maladie du Québec
• Sign their sticker and affix it behind their health insurance card
• Express your wishes in the register of the Chambre des notaires du Québec.

In any case, it is important to indicate your intentions. It is at the time of death that the medical team consults relatives about the possibility of organ and tissue donation. When they ignore the preferences of the deceased, some families are inclined to refuse.

For other information from Mauricie or Centre-du-Québec, go to Noovo.Info.