More Registration For Organ Donors Sought

Fort Frances is among communities in Ontario with a high number of organ and tissue donor registrations.

The Trillium Gift of Life Network says 42 per cent of residents have registered, compared with 23 per cent in all of Ontario.

Vice-president Versha Prakash would like the figure higher to help those on waiting lists for transplants.

Prakash says about 15-hundred people are currently on waiting lists.

To register as an organ and tissue donor, go to www.beadonor.ca.