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Lively and Garson lead for organ donors

Lively and Garson still lead the province for registered organ donors, says the Trillium Gift of Life Network.
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Two-year-old Taylum Lamoureux is expected to receive a kidney donation May 13, after spending his entire life living in Toronto's Ronald McDonald House due to his kidneys failing shortly after birth. Supplied photo.
Lively and Garson still lead the province for registered organ donors, says the Trillium Gift of Life Network.

The provincial agency, which supports organ and tissue donations across Ontario, released its annual organ donation statistics for the province today, and both Lively and Garson increased their organ donation rates slightly, with 55 per cent and 54 per cent of eligible residents, respectively, registered as organ donors.

Val Caron and Hanmer were third and fourth on the list, with 54 per cent and 53 per cent of eligible residents registered, respectively.

Sudbury was 10th on the list, with 48 per cent of eligible residents registered.
The provincial registration rate has reached 27 per cent of the eligible population, which means 3.2 million Ontarians are now registered donors.

The Greater Toronto Area bottomed out the list for organ donors.

In Toronto, 18 per cent of eligible residents are registered as organ donors, while the community of Concord ranked last, with 10 per cent of registered residents.

The Trillium Gift of Life Network said 271 deceased organ donors helped to save the lives of 960 transplant recipients in 2014/2015.

The organization added 278 living organ donors helped to save the lives of a further 213 kidney recipients and 65 liver recipients during the same fiscal year.

The average conversion rate, how often potential organ donors go on to save lives through donation, was 55 per cent, up from 52 per cent in 2013/2014.

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