Bradford turns pink for Organ Donation Week

Monday, 3 September 2018 07:00

Bradford City Centre will glow pink on Friday 7 Sept until Sunday 9 September as part of National Organ Donation Week.

Organ Donation Week runs from 3-9 September and aims to encourage people to think about donating organs and having a conversation about donation with friends and family.

Although the number of donors is slowly increasing and waiting lists are reducing, on average three people die every day while waiting for an organ transplant because there still aren’t enough donors. There are currently around 6,000 people waiting for a lifesaving organ transplant across the UK.

To help mark the occasion Bradford Council will be turning the City Centre lights pink, including the City Hall Clock Tower, the top of Margaret McMillan Tower, City Park Mirror Pool LEDs and Forster Square Arches.

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s Specialist Nurse for Organ Donation, Razdy Igasan, said: “A huge thank you to the City Council for floodlighting their buildings in honour of this week’s national Organ Donation Week and in memory of all our Bradford patients who have given the ‘gift of life’ to so many over the years since transplants began.

“Every day three people die while waiting for a life-saving transplant and this makes it all the more important that you talk to your nearest and dearest about your wish to be an organ donor.

“If you have already signed up on the Organ Donor Register, tell your family and friends about it - it could be a conversation that may make things a little easier at a time of your death, at a time that will be most difficult for your loved ones.”

Cllr Sarah Ferriby, portfolio holder for Healthy People and Places, said: “Speaking as someone who has been on the organ donor register for many years, I’m very proud that we’re showing our support for Organ Donation Week. I believe strongly in this important cause and I hope that the lights in the city centre encourage residents to have conversations about organ donation with friends, families and colleagues.”

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