Donate Organ Through Calgary Legal Wills

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Donating Organs in Alberta
By Russ Weninger Calgary Legal Wills Lawyer
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• Being an organ donor means that you are willing
  to give a very special gift to someone you have
  never met. You can be certain that this gift will
  either save a persons life or significantly
  improve a persons life.

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A very positive development in recent months is
the Alberta Governments creation on an organ and
tissue donor registry. There are two ways that a
person can register as an organ and tissue donor. 
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The first way is to indicate your preference to
be a donor when you go to renew your drivers
licence at an Alberta Registries office. The
second way to register is to Google something
like Alberta organ donor registry.
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Likely the first thing to come up will be the
Alberta organ and tissue donation registry page.
All youll need is your Alberta Health number.
Once you have completed the online form a PDF
documented will be generated. You will then print
this off, sign it with a witness (no need for
notarization), and mail it in to the Alberta
Health address listed on the document. Thats it.
Thats all you have to do to save lives.
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The online form asks some specific questions
about your preferences. Probably the most common
preference is to donate all available organs and
tissues for the purposes of transplantation. Some
people may wish to only donate certain organs or
tissues, and you can indicate those preferences
on the form.
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Other people may even wish to donate their bodies
for scientific research or to assist with the
education of medical students. You can indicate
those preferences as well
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That being said, if you wish to leave your body
for scientific research or medical education, you
should also contact either the University of
Calgary body donation program or the University
of Alberta anatomical gifts program.
I have been advised by a representative of the
University of Calgary program that they have
other forms for would-be donors to fill out that
are in addition to the Alberta Governments
online donor registry form.
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• If you would like to donate your organs and
  tissues, visit https//myhealth.alberta.ca/pages/
  otdrhome.aspx
• If you are interested in donating your body to
  the University of Calgary body donation program,
  please visithttp//www.ucalgary.ca/bodydonation/
• If you are interested in donating your body to
  the University of Alberta anatomical gifts
  program, please visithttp//surgery.med.ualberta.
  ca/AboutUs/Divisions/anatomy/anatomicalgifts/Pages
  /default.aspx

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