Donate Organs for Calgary Nation (1)

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Donating Organs in Alberta
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• When preparing personal directives for clients,
  I always ask whether they are interested in being
  organ donors.

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• While not for everyone, being an organ donor
  means that you are willing to give a very special
  gift to someone you have never met.
• You can be certain that this gift will either
  save a persons life or significantly improve a
  persons life. In some cases, a single donor can
  save or improve several lives at once.

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• A very positive development in recent months is
  the Alberta Governments creation on an organ and
  tissue donor registry. There are two ways that a
  person can register as an organ and tissue donor.

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• The first way is to indicate your preference to
  be a donor when you go to renew your drivers
  licence at an Alberta Registries office.
• The second way to register is to Google
  something like Alberta organ donor registry.

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• Likely the first thing to come up will be the
  Alberta organ and tissue donation registry page.
  All youll need is your Alberta Health number.
  Once you have completed the online form a PDF
  documented will be generated.
• You will then print this off, sign it with a
  witness (no need for notarization), and mail it
  in to the Alberta Health address listed on the
  document. Thats it. Thats all you have to do to
  save lives.

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• The online form asks some specific questions
  about your preferences. Probably the most common
  preference is to donate all available organs and
  tissues for the purposes of transplantation. Some
  people may wish to only donate certain organs or
  tissues, and you can indicate those preferences
  on the form.

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• Other people may even wish to donate their
  bodies for scientific research or to assist with
  the education of medical students. You can
  indicate those preferences as well.

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• If you would like to donate your organs and
  tissues, visit https//myhealth.alberta.ca/pages/
  otdrhome.aspx
• If you are interested in donating your body to
  the University of Calgary body donation program,
  please visit http//www.ucalgary.ca/bodydonation/
  
• If you are interested in donating your body to
  the University of Alberta anatomical gifts
  program, please visit http//surgery.med.ualberta
  .ca/AboutUs/Divisions/anatomy/anatomicalgifts/Page
  s/default.aspx

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