The Health Bureau (SSM) launched an organ donation website yesterday, aiming to provide a convenient way for the public to register as organ donors.
During a ceremony at the bureau, Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng said in a speech that organ donation not only saves lives, but also helps the families of those who received donated organs. Tam expressed the view that organ donation is an indicator of the harmony and progress of civil society.
Tam signed up as an organ donor and became the first person in Macau to have the organ donation card, with SSM Director Lei Chin Ion being the second.
Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng poses with his organ donation card – the first issued in Macau – on the sidelines of yesterday’s ceremony at the Health Bureau (SSM). Photo: Joel Chu
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