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Videoconference: "Organ & Tissue Donation"

  • Three Rivers Academy Videoconference Room 1875 Nicolas-Perrot Trois-Rivières (map)

CHEP + CASE Present: “Organ & Tissue Donation in Québec,” a live interactive videoconference given by Wendy Sherry, RN MN.

One individual can save up to 8 lives by donating organs upon dying. They can also improve the quality of life of 15 other people through tissue donation.

At this event, find out:

  1. What is organ and tissue donation?

  2. Who can donate?

  3. When to start thinking about donating.

  4. How to communication your decision to donate.

Wendy Sherry is a nurse clinician for Organ & Tissue Donation at the MUHC and serves as president of the Québec Resource Organ & Tissue Donation Group. She is a nurse with 35 years of experience and 14 years in deceased donation. Ms. Sherry has been involved in several projects to develop tools that support grieving families and helping them to make informed decisions about donation.

Later Event: October 19
Mini-Move Gym: Ages 0-5