Health committee  Yes, especially with renal failure. We have an aging population. All of the diseases, such as diabetes and hypertension, which are very prevalent in our society, contribute to this so that we're seeing increased numbers of people on the list. On the donation and transplant end o

Health committee  When you look at our registration program, in a five-year cycle you'll have touched every person in the province who is renewing their driver's licence, so it's a very good mechanism to touch as many in the population as we can.

Health committee  We have quite a significant immigrant population in British Columbia, and not only are those individuals eligible to donate, but a number of them are on the wait-list. We work with the individuals, with the volunteers in those groups, in those ethnic groups, to help educate their

Health committee  One of the things that is increasing the number of registrations, that is equalizing it more, is where the Service B.C. locations are found. A lot of them are in the rural areas. When you look at a sparsely populated area, you'll find that they probably have very high rates of do

Health committee  The registry that we have is both a consent registry and a dissent registry, so we have that obligation to speak with the families to ensure that we're capturing the loved one's decision.

Health committee  Thank you, Leanne, and to the committee for this opportunity. I'll touch on five comments. First, we've developed strong partnerships with the in-hospital critical care community's support health care professionals in offering the option of organ donation as a part of quality e