Many New Brunswickers are waiting to hear that organs have been found which could restore them to full and active lives. There is a critical shortage of organs to be used for transplants. Most people who need a transplant can only wait and hope.
Organ transplants are no longer experimental.
Medical and drug research, and advances in surgical techniques, have brought us to the point where transplantation is a common practice. If you would like to donate your organs, it is important to make a commitment, and to tell people close to you about your decision. The medical suitability of organs is determined by physicians after a donor's death. Although there are age restrictions for certain organs, age does not stand in the way of your commitment to be a donor. Medical personnel always do everything possible to save the life of a patient.