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December 22, 2009 VIC
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South West Victorians urged to save lives this festive season

A new national survey shows that having the conversation about organ and tissue donation is relatively easy for most South West Victorians.

December 22, 2009 VIC
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South East Victorians urged to save lives this festive season

A new national survey shows that having the conversation about organ and tissue donation is relatively easy for most South East Victorians.

December 22, 2009 VIC
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North West Victorians urged to save lives this festive season

A new national survey shows that having the conversation about organ and tissue donation is relatively easy for most North West Victorians.

December 22, 2009 VIC
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Victorians urged to save lives this festive season

A new national survey shows that having the conversation about organ and tissue donation is relatively easy for most Victorians.

December 22, 2009 VIC
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North East Victorians urged to save lives this festive season

A new national survey shows that having the conversation about organ and tissue donation is relatively easy for most North East Victorian residents.

December 22, 2009 VIC
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Western Victorians urged to save lives this festive season

A new national survey shows that having the conversation about organ and tissue donation is relatively easy for most Western Victorians.

November 2, 2009 VIC
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Full scale effort to lift Victoria’s low organ and tissue donation rates

State Medical Director Dr Helen Opdam said Victoria only had 13 donors per million people despite the fact that 90% of Australians support organ and tissue donation.

February 26, 2009 VIC
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Organ donation rates reach 20-year high, but Victorians urged to keep talking

A 30 per cent increase in the Victorian and national organ donation rate resulted in 216 Victorians receiving life-saving transplants last year, but more donors are still needed.

September 25, 2007 VIC
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Young cyclist encourages Victorians to think about organ donation

Australian Organ Donor Awareness Week (AODAW) concluded in Melbourne when young cyclist Josh Moorman finished an 1830km ride from Brisbane to Melbourne in Federation Square.