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Harrisburg, PA – The departments of Well being and Transportation right now highlighted the second annual organ donor day in Pennsylvania to encourage residents to register as an organ and tissue donor. One donor can save as much as eight lives, so the importance of January 8, or 1/8, is the proper reminder to take a couple of seconds to enroll.
“The necessity for registered donors in Pennsylvania is now higher than ever; fewer folks have registered as organ donors in 2020 than in earlier years,” Dr. Levine stated. “Registering to be an organ and tissue donor has the potential to save lots of many lives and may take just a few seconds. Organ and tissue transplants have turn out to be an integral a part of well being care within the state and throughout the nation, so I’m encouraging Pennsylvanians to register as an organ donor and be taught extra in regards to the significance of organ and tissue donation.”
Almost 7,000 Pennsylvanians are among the many greater than 100,000 People at present ready for a life-saving organ transplant. The importance of PA Donor Day, January Eight or 1/8, serves as a reminder that one donor can save as much as eight lives by means of organ donation and improve the lives of 75 others by means of tissue and corneal donation.
“Pennsylvania driver’s license and identification card holders can volunteer to probably save a life by means of registering to be an organ donor after they get their image taken for his or her license or ID card, or they will join anytime on-line,” PennDOT Secretary Yassmin Gramian stated. “We’re proud to play a component in these probably life-saving efforts.”
Donate Life Pennsylvania is a collaborative initiative between the Pennsylvania Departments of Well being, Schooling and Transportation, and Pennsylvania’s two organ procurement organizations, the Heart for Organ Restoration & Schooling (CORE) and Reward of Life Donor Program (GOL). It’s funded by residents of Pennsylvania by means of voluntary contributions included with driver’s license renewals, automobile registrations and state earnings tax filings, or by means of direct examine donations to the Governor Robert P. Casey Memorial Organ and Tissue Donation Consciousness Belief Fund in care of the Pennsylvania Division of Well being.
Belief Fund contributions are used to coach Pennsylvanians, construct consciousness in regards to the significance of organ and tissue donation, and improve the quantity of people that register as organ donors on their driver’s license or state identification playing cards.
Residents who’ve a driver’s license or state I.D. card can add the donor designation to their report by visiting PennDOT’s web site, www.penndot.gov–they should not have to attend to resume their license to donate.
For extra info on organ donation or tips on how to donate to the Governor Casey Belief Fund, go to www.health.pa.gov or observe us on Fb and Twitter.
MEDIA CONTACT: April Hutcheson, Well being, ra-dhpressoffice@pa.gov
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