| ORGAN DONATION BACK IN TOO HARD BASKET New Zealand First’s health spokesperson Barbara Stewart is disappointed that the Minister of Health has not accepted the Health Select Committee’s recommendation that a national organ donor register be established. “This is the second time in a year that the Minister has rejected the advice of the select committee on the issue of organ donation, said Mrs Stewart. “If the Minister was serious about improving our dismal organ donation rates she would be taking a more proactive stance than simply deferring any action until next year at the earliest and possibly even further down the track, said Mrs Stewart. “We are left with the current driver’s licence system for recording organ donor preferences which many donors believe is an official record of their wish to donate but which in fact is a total waste of time. “The Minister has passed up another opportunity to set in place a system which works and in the meantime people waiting for transplants are no better off than they were before the select committee considered this issue,” said Mrs Stewart.
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