Andy Tookey
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New Zealand has the lowest organ donor rate in the Western World.
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Organ donors who are members of the LifeSharers scheme will receive a $1,000 contribution to their family to help with expenses if the donor organs go to another LifeSharers member.
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Families of members of the LifeSharers scheme are set to get a $1,000 contribution if the member becomes an organ donor and their organs are donated to a fellow LifeSharers member.
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Canada is the latest country to advance its organ donor system by announcing a $35 Million injection into a new organ donor register this week.
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Figures released today by the Australia and New Zealand Organ Donor Registry show that New Zealand is on track for another record low number of organ donors for this year.
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The government is going backwards when other countries are moving forwards when it comes to organ donation.' says Andy Tookey of GiveLife.
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'The Minister of Health is hiding behind flawed advice from his officials to avoid doing the right thing and pay organ donors funeral expenses.' Says Andy Tookey of lobby group GiveLife.
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"Media reports that Otago University is to stop accepting bodies donated for medical study due to too many donations could give the government 'a clue' in increasing the number of organ donors as well." says GiveLife NZ Spokesman Andy Tookey.
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