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Page 6 —Halton Hills This Week, Satirday;'Febtuary 20, 1993 41 ELEANOR CRESCENT, GEORGETOWN a Immaculate four bedroom home. Call Helen Atkinson** or drop by on Saturday 877-5165 HELEN ATKINSON **Associate Broker "PERFORMANCE COUNTS! (SOLD ) JOHNSON & ASSOCIATES BRENDA PAYTON ‘Sales Representative* 877-516 24-Hour Pager Tor. 874-3040 Res. 877-7578 | 51 Joycelyn Cres., Georgetown Saturday, Feb. 20th 2:30 - 4:30 SPANKING NEW LISTING! 4 bdr. $199,900. 93-2-168 27 Greystone Cres., Georgetown Sunday, Feb. 21st 2:30 - 4:30 IMMACULATE! REDUCED! $194,500 92-2-498 f "PERFORMANCE COUNTS!" Not intended to solicit properties already listed for sale Transplant program in need By Wendy Long ‘When Floyd Cooper collapsed at work one morning almost four years ago he had no idea he’d wake up 10 days later with someone else’s heart. The Hamilton man, a former CFL football coach, was London University Hospital’s 221st heart transplant recipient in 1989. He had only good things to say about MORE, the Multiple Organ Retrieval and Exchange Program of Ontario, last week at a community workshop at Georgetown hospital. “My activities are not restricted in any way,” Cooper said firmly. A mere three weeks after the trans- plant, Cooper was released as an outpatient. The presentation by MORE, called Transplants Work, was a gen- tle reminder of the importance of organ donation. Cooper spoke about his experience following a video and slide presentation by MORE on the program. “The workshop was organized to increase people’s understanding of how effective transplants are,” said Eunice McGowan, social worker and chairperson of Georgetown and District Memorial Hospital’s organ donation committee. She empha- sized the importance of community awareness. A change in June 1990 to the Public Hospitals Act stipulated that all hospitals must have organ dona- tion committees to convey informa- tion and deal with potential donor Corner of Mountainview Rd. & Armstrong Ave., rgetown * 877-9394 situations. Although it’s something that none of us like to think about - the dona- tion of our vital organs, it can give life to others when our own life is beyond medical hope. MORE regional communications coordinator Christina Marshall stressed the importance of signing the donor portion of your driver’s licence as well as informing your family of your decision to bea jonor. Marshall also alleviated several misconceptions about organ dona- tion, saying that vital organs can only be extracted when the donor is officially brain dead. This classifica- tion has strict medical requirements. Usually, someone who is killed instantly in a motor vehicle accident cannot donate vital organs because of the absence of brain death, but can donate tissues, which include skin, bones, heart valves and eye corneas. About 600 people in Ontario are usually waiting for a donor, 80 per cent of which require a kidney. Donor lungs or hearts must be transplanted within four to six hours, tissues within 12 hours, livers within 15 hours, and kidneys up to 48 hours. MORE itself was established in 1988 in response to recommenda- tions from the provincial Ministry of Health task force on organ donation. Thé program operates around a provincial computer database, the only one in the world to both allo- cate organs and store medical infor- mation on transplant recipients. In 1991, 327 kidneys were trans- planted in Ontario, 151 livers, 66 hearts and 28 lungs. Not all of those awaiting a donor organ received (SOLD ARTHUR Fe JOHNSON & ASSOCIATES 24 HR: PAGER Tor. 874-8040 weer 673-0140 3-0 165 Sales Rep. IST W lit A LEADER E- CLASS ACT 3,000 sq. ft. beauty — main floor family room and J” room, french doors, large bright windows. One Georgetown's finest. Call Sandra Nairn” pump - large 92-2-511 gorgeous. Call BLUE JAYS ABOUND f cious and open 3400 | = many skylights rgy efficient heat games rm. Sandra Nairn*. FIREPLACE - 4 APPLIANCES Updated, immaculate bungalow with fireplace, country kitchen, quality ceramics, new bathroom, bright rec room with woodstove, 4th bedroom and office plus fridge, stove, washer, ‘and dryer. Call Sandra Nairn’. 92-2-537 TENNIS, POOL, SAUNA - SOLARIUM more with this 1236 sq. foot 2 bedroom condo with large living, dining, solarium and fully equipped oak kitchen - and all freshly decorated. Call Sandra Naim, you'll love it, ~ now $143,000 92-2. BUY NOV! LOW PRICES LOW RATES LOTS OF CHQIGE