This week is Organ Donor Awareness Week.
Running until Saturday, the key campaign message continues to be built around sharing your wishes with your loved ones about organ donation with the theme, Don’t Leave Your Loved Ones In Doubt.
This follows the signing of the Human Tissue Bill into law by the President, Michael D. Higgins, at the end of February. This means people will be deemed to be organ donors unless they have registered their wish not to donate.
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To discuss this further, Alan Morrissey was joined by John Burns, former deputy principal of Rice College and founder of the Burns Study Centre. His younger brother was an organ recipient, and his older brother was an organ donor.
You can listen to the full interview below.
