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April 25, 2007 Atlantic Health Sciences Corporation celebrates Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week in Canada runs from April 22 – April 28. To recognize this important week, Atlantic Health Sciences Corporation’s New Brunswick Eye Bank (NBEB) is hosting several events throughout the health region to get the message out about the importance of organ donation. Wednesday April 25 - NBEB is hosting a one day seminar on organ and tissue donation called “Creating Second Chances through Organ and Tissue Donation”. This seminar is being held t the Saint John Regional Hospital Level 1 amphitheatre from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm. Speakers include: Mary Gatien, Director NBEB; Nicole Blazer, Surgical Bone Program, Moncton City Hospital; Dr. Tim Christie, AHSC Director of Ethics; Catherine Hackett, Director of the Eye Program, Regional Tissue Bank, Halifax Nova Scotia, Ann Secord Senior Provincial Organ Procurement Officer, Janice Kennedy Neurosurgery Case Manager AHSC, Dr. Nessa Gogan, AHSC Nephrologist, Tammie Ripley, donor family representative and Bruce Horsman, recipient. Thursday April 26 – Debbie Jefferson, NBEB Nurse Clinician and Betty-Ann Waugh, AHSC Organ & Tissue Procurement Resource nurse will be delivering three presentations to students at Sussex High School on Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness. There will also be an organ and tissue display in the high school front lobby during lunch hour. Sussex Health Center will be visited by Jefferson and Waugh that afternoon. Friday April 27 - Betty-Ann Waugh and Samantha Cooke, NBEB Technician, will be at Charlotte County Hospital for an organ and tissue display and refreshments. The New Brunswick Eye Bank, located in St. Joseph’s Hospital, consists of a team of professionals dedicated to the procurement of corneal tissue for transplantation and to facilitating the procurement of other types of tissues; such as heart valves, bone and skin tissues and tendons that can be used to greatly improve quality of life for people in this province. Mary Gatien, NBEB Director says “organ donation and transplantation can be life saving or life enhancing. It’s important for people to become educated about organ and tissue donation and be proactive in decision making around donation.”
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