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Exeter’s hospital is making it easier for families to donate the organs and tissue of their loved ones.
Officials with the South Huron Hospital say they have implemented a new notification process with the Trillium Gift of Life Network (TGLN), the organization responsible for delivering and coordinating organ and tissue donation and transplantation services across the province.
Routine notification will now cover all deaths in the Emergency Department, regardless of age, and for patients 79 and younger in the In-Patient Unit.
If someone is eligible for donation, TGLN will reach out to the family to discuss organ and tissue donation.
This is part of the Gift of Life Act’s goal to increase donations in Ontario.