This week, while digging a little into Canadian and Quebec organizations related to organ donation, I discovered the Canadian Organ and Tissue Donors Association (CODA) and its volunteers.
According to its website, the CADO has had a mandate to promote organ donation in Quebec and Canada since its creation in 1983. In 1987, they added the emergency transport of organs and samples, thus contributing to the survival of hundreds of transplant recipients waiting for organs.
Who are these volunteers who travel across Quebec to make the chain of life of organ donation work? They are officers from the Sureté du Québec, who have chosen to give time to concretely save lives.
To give you an idea of the importance of their work, just in 2021, CODA volunteers transported in the province of Quebec:
- 48 hearts;
- 62 livers;
- 21 pancreas;
- 104 lungs;
- 237 kidneys;
- 209 typings (if I understand correctly, it is through these samples that we check whether the donor and the recipient are compatible);
- 178 other organs.
Thank you to all the volunteers, your selflessness is necessary and appreciated. To learn more, you can watch the video (in French only)!
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