TGLN Award Feb 12The North Bay Regional Health Centre has received an award from the Trillium Gift of Life Network. 

It’s for the hospitals on going support or organ and tissue donation.

Donor recipient and hospital employee Carl Svensson was on hand for the award ceremony.

He says he received a heart almost 2 decades ago from someone who supported organ donation and as a result he’s been able to see his daughters grow up and to celebrate 32 years of marriage. 

The award goes to hospitals that have reached a 67 per cent conversion rate.

That is where the percentage of donated organs is 67 per cent or more of the total number of potential organ donors based on the deceased health records.

For information on organ donation go to beadonor.ca