Heather Makris's life changed forever when she had organ failure during a routine operation in 2016. She now urges more people to donate organs after three in 10 people still have not registered.
Key points:But three in 10 people still have not registered to be a donorThe 46-year-old was in intensive care, suddenly in desperate need of a liver replacement.While on the organ waitlist, her family prepared their goodbyes."That phone call came out of nowhere," said Ms Makris.Now on National DonateLife Week, Ms Makris is urging for more people to consent to be a donor.
"It takes one minute to register and we could catapult Australia in the years to come," Ms Makris said. South Australia currently leads the nation with 73 per cent of the state's population signing up to being a donor.Despite this, DonateLife SA medical director Stewart Moodie says 30 per cent of organs are still not donated in SA, and 40 per cent nationally.
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