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<\/span><\/div>Don’t put organ donation on the ice: Transplant Qu\u00e9bec calls for reform to save more lives<\/strong><\/h4>\nTo mark World Organ Donor Day, Transplant Qu\u00e9bec launched a public action on October 17, 2023 to draw attention to the importance of adopting a specific and comprehensive legislative framework to optimize organ donation in Qu\u00e9bec. An oversized silicone heart, placed at the center of a 2.4-metre-high ice wall, has been displayed in front of the Assembl\u00e9e nationale, to raise public awareness of the importance of organ donation.<\/p>\n
On the same day, the Quebec National Assembly adopted a unanimous motion on organ donation, followed by a press conference attended by all political parties. This is yet another step in the right direction to encourage the Quebec population and politiciens in the discussions to optimize the donation and transplantation ecosystem. Firstly through a collaborative approach with families and care teams, and secondly by taking an assertive, unifying and concerted stance.<\/p>\n
Learn more here<\/a> | Read the press release<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>![](\"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Martine-Bouchard-2-LR-scaled.jpg\" "\\"Martine")
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>“While raising public awareness will be necessary alongside the integration of coherent reforms, Transplant Qu\u00e9bec, in light of the various discussions that have taken place over the last few months with government authorities, is confident that parliamentarians will be able to undertake this discussion quickly and with great seriousness,” <\/span><\/h5>\n– Martine Bouchard, <\/strong><\/span>Executive Director,\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>Transplant Qu\u00e9bec\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>The Forum’s recommendations at the forefront of the Qu\u00e9bec reform<\/strong><\/h5>\nIn 2021, Transplant Qu\u00e9bec and the Canadian Donation and Transplantation Research Program (CDTRP) co-hosted The International Donation and Transplantation Legislative and Policy Forum<\/a><\/strong> (the Forum). The Forum assembled 61 international experts in donation and transplantation, including patient, family, and donor partners, to provide guidance on the structure of an ideal organ and tissue donation and transplantation (OTDT) system.<\/p>\nSeven working groups\u2013 called\u00a0\u201c<\/strong>Domain\u201d<\/strong> \u2013 were responsible for generating the topics that merit recommendations, gathering and summarizing relevant evidence related to these topics, and creating recommendations. The recommendations link evidence and ethical concepts to legislative and policy reform and are applicable to jurisdictions developing or reforming their OTDT system.<\/p>\nThe CDTRP team along with Transplant Qu\u00e9bec completed so far three information Fact Sheets:<\/p>\n
\n- M<\/strong>andatory Referral<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n
- Data Collecting and Public Reporting<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n
- Consent Models<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The Mandatory Referral fact sheet helped Alberta government policy makers better understand this topic as they review, debate, and process Bill 205. Portions of this fact sheet were stated as part the Bill\u2019s debate by Members of the Alberta Legislative Assembly on May 2, 2022.<\/p>\n
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>“While raising public awareness will be necessary alongside the integration of coherent reforms, Transplant Qu\u00e9bec, in light of the various discussions that have taken place over the last few months with government authorities, is confident that parliamentarians will be able to undertake this discussion quickly and with great seriousness,” <\/span><\/h5>\n– Martine Bouchard, <\/strong><\/span>Executive Director,\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>Transplant Qu\u00e9bec\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>The Forum’s recommendations at the forefront of the Qu\u00e9bec reform<\/strong><\/h5>\nIn 2021, Transplant Qu\u00e9bec and the Canadian Donation and Transplantation Research Program (CDTRP) co-hosted The International Donation and Transplantation Legislative and Policy Forum<\/a><\/strong> (the Forum). The Forum assembled 61 international experts in donation and transplantation, including patient, family, and donor partners, to provide guidance on the structure of an ideal organ and tissue donation and transplantation (OTDT) system.<\/p>\nSeven working groups\u2013 called\u00a0\u201c<\/strong>Domain\u201d<\/strong> \u2013 were responsible for generating the topics that merit recommendations, gathering and summarizing relevant evidence related to these topics, and creating recommendations. The recommendations link evidence and ethical concepts to legislative and policy reform and are applicable to jurisdictions developing or reforming their OTDT system.<\/p>\nThe CDTRP team along with Transplant Qu\u00e9bec completed so far three information Fact Sheets:<\/p>\n
\n- M<\/strong>andatory Referral<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n
- Data Collecting and Public Reporting<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n
- Consent Models<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The Mandatory Referral fact sheet helped Alberta government policy makers better understand this topic as they review, debate, and process Bill 205. Portions of this fact sheet were stated as part the Bill\u2019s debate by Members of the Alberta Legislative Assembly on May 2, 2022.<\/p>\n
The Forum’s recommendations at the forefront of the Qu\u00e9bec reform<\/strong><\/h5>\nIn 2021, Transplant Qu\u00e9bec and the Canadian Donation and Transplantation Research Program (CDTRP) co-hosted The International Donation and Transplantation Legislative and Policy Forum<\/a><\/strong> (the Forum). The Forum assembled 61 international experts in donation and transplantation, including patient, family, and donor partners, to provide guidance on the structure of an ideal organ and tissue donation and transplantation (OTDT) system.<\/p>\nSeven working groups\u2013 called\u00a0\u201c<\/strong>Domain\u201d<\/strong> \u2013 were responsible for generating the topics that merit recommendations, gathering and summarizing relevant evidence related to these topics, and creating recommendations. The recommendations link evidence and ethical concepts to legislative and policy reform and are applicable to jurisdictions developing or reforming their OTDT system.<\/p>\nThe CDTRP team along with Transplant Qu\u00e9bec completed so far three information Fact Sheets:<\/p>\n
\n- M<\/strong>andatory Referral<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n
- Data Collecting and Public Reporting<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n
- Consent Models<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The Mandatory Referral fact sheet helped Alberta government policy makers better understand this topic as they review, debate, and process Bill 205. Portions of this fact sheet were stated as part the Bill\u2019s debate by Members of the Alberta Legislative Assembly on May 2, 2022.<\/p>\n
Seven working groups\u2013 called\u00a0\u201c<\/strong>Domain\u201d<\/strong> \u2013 were responsible for generating the topics that merit recommendations, gathering and summarizing relevant evidence related to these topics, and creating recommendations. The recommendations link evidence and ethical concepts to legislative and policy reform and are applicable to jurisdictions developing or reforming their OTDT system.<\/p>\n The CDTRP team along with Transplant Qu\u00e9bec completed so far three information Fact Sheets:<\/p>\n The Mandatory Referral fact sheet helped Alberta government policy makers better understand this topic as they review, debate, and process Bill 205. Portions of this fact sheet were stated as part the Bill\u2019s debate by Members of the Alberta Legislative Assembly on May 2, 2022.<\/p>\n\n
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