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      What does it take to be an organ donor? | CBC.ca Loaded
      Blue Sky49:59What does it take to be an organ donor?

      What does it take to be an organ donor?

      • 21 days ago
      • Radio
      • Duration 49:59

      April is National Tissue and Organ Donation Month and today we talked about the power of saying yes.For patients needing a transplant, the wait can be long and uncertain, but one donation — from a living or deceased donor — can change everything. Today we heard from people whose lives were changed by a transplant (Megan Crawley and Monica Goulet), Dr. Rahul Mainra who make those surgeries possible and Crystal Morin-Marinuk, a woman who was able to give her husband the greatest gift of all.

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