A record-number of life-saving organ donations were made in New England last year

a record number of life-saving organ donations were made in New England last year according to New England donor services in 2023 549 deceased people donated organs leading to more than 1,400 life-saving transplants and this is a record high 22 News spoke with the president of New England donor Services about what's driving this upward Trend more people than ever are registering as donors and families are saying yes in larger numbers to donation when a loved one dies in a manner that allows for donation to happen and clinical innovations that our organization has successfully implemented together with these transplant Partners like Bas State Health allow us to repair and use donated organs that previously were not considered transplantable one person can save up to eight lives as an or organ donor and heal 75 people as a tissue donor those interested in registering can do so when renewing their license or simply online name