Save a Life

27th March - 3rd April 2010
Organ Donor Awareness Week which is organised by the Irish Kidney Association and supported by the Irish Donor Network will take place from 27th March until 3rd April 2010. The annual life saving awareness campaign aims to highlight to the general public the plight of people with organ failure and the ongoing need for organ donation for transplantation encouraging more people to make an informed decision to carry an organ donor card and to donate their organs in the event of their untimely death.

Throughout the Week, Irish Kidney Association volunteers will be out on the streets and in shopping centres around Athy selling 'forget me not flower' emblems (the symbol of transplantation), brooches, magnetic car ribbons and organ donor keyrings. Proceeds will go to the Irish Kidney Association’s support programme for patients on dialysis and those patients fortunate enough to have a kidney transplant. The support programme includes the running of a renal support centre in Beaumont Hospital and holiday centres in Kerry and Tramore, as well as patient aid and counselling services, patient training and rehabilitative work placement, health promotion and the provision of kidney patient information and education.

There have been more than 3 Kidney transplants in the Athy area.

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