Give Life: Donate Organs in Alberta

By Russ Weninger | Calgary Immigration Lawyer

Being an organ donor means that you are willing to give a very special gift to someone you have never met.

This gift will either save a person’s life or significantly improve a person’s life.

A very positive development in recent months is the Alberta Government’s creation on an organ and tissue donor registry.

Two ways that a person can register as an organ and tissue donor

First, indicate your preference to be a donor when you go to renew your driver’s licence at an Alberta Registries office.

Second, Google something like Alberta organ donor registry. Likely the first thing to come up will be the Alberta organ and tissue donation registry page. All you’ll need is your Alberta Health number.

Other people may even wish to donate their bodies for scientific research or to

assist with the education of medical students.

Visit https://myhealth.alberta.ca/pages/otdrhome.aspx to donate your organs and tissues.

Visit https://www.ucalgary.ca/bodydonation/ to donate your organs and tissues.

Visit http://surgery.med.ualberta.ca/AboutUs/Divisions/anatomy/anatomicalgifts/Pages/default.aspx to donate your organs and tissues.

Visit http://www.calgarylegalwills.com/ for more information or call us at 403-265-4496