Transplant waiting list


Organ donation: Opt-out system is not the answer

I agree it is a tragedy that a hundred people die each year waiting for a transplant. But I disagree with the argument that many of those people wouldn’t still be waiting or dying if Australia adopted a system of presumed consent to organ donation, writes Senator Jan McLucas.

Government considers organ donation, 11 people die

The Federal Government has now received its blueprint for action on the organ donor system but people are still dying while waiting for a transplant, writes Tim Richards.