Whitchurch-Stouffville Newspaper Index

Stouffville Sun-Tribune (Stouffville, ON), 29 Apr 2010, p. 9

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A donor card can be download: ed at giftoflife.on.ca and, when you renew your Ontario health card, you can have your wishes stored in the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care database. Many are not aware that organ donor registration is no longer done when a person renews his or.her driver's licence. Instead, the prov- ince has transferred the registration to the Ontario health card so it can be swiped and medical professionals can see right away if the person is a donor, she explained. “If! can inspire one person, it’s all worth it,” she said. “I have met so many people after your article who pull out their organ donor card to show me," she said. “But because of the changes that have been made, those are no longer valid." Others have joined in to open discussions about organ donations, including Newmarket-Aurora MPP Frank Klees, who has put forward a resolution at Queen’s Park calling on the province to create an organ'reg- istmtion link on the Service Ontario website to allow Ontarians to register online using their OHIP numbers. She is determined to educate the public about the facts by speaking to municipalities and setting up booths at public events, such as the one dis- playing information at Aurora Town Hall. “There is so much need for organ donations, but the fact is, most aren't aware of how to become an organ donor," she said. as an organ donor. The Stouffvllle Skating Club's 45th From m 1.

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