All about organ donation and tissue donation
Deciding whether or not to become an organ and tissue donor after your death. This is an important choice for you and your loved ones. Find reliable information and tips here to discuss your decision in the Donor Register.
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Stories about donation
How did a donor organ change the life of a recipient? And what does donation mean for the donor's next of kin?
Linda received two heart transplants: 'I'm living on borrowed time'
Linda lives with a donor heart. Despite the complications and seemingly endless rehabilitation, she keeps fighting.
There is no greater gift you can give to someone who is so sick.
Nienke suffered a severe brain hemorrhage. The fact that she gave 6 people a better life makes her death less meaningless for her mother Gerda.
Bastiaan received a kidney from his mother and father.
Bastiaan has a hereditary kidney disease and has a donor kidney. His son has the same kidney disease. Bastiaan does everything to support him.
Your choice in the Donor Register
Everyone aged 18 and over is listed in the Donor Register. So are you. If you haven't made a choice yourself, then 'no objection to donation' is listed next to your name, and you are a donor.
Check your donor status
You can't choose everything in life. What happens to your organs after your death, you can.
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Organ donation
People with a poorly functioning or non-functioning organ can sometimes be helped with an organ transplant. For an organ transplant, a donor organ is needed.
Tissue donation
People can be helped with tissues that someone can donate after death. For example, consider a skin transplant after burns.
Help with your choice
Everyone in the Netherlands is registered in the Donor Register from the age of 18. In it, you indicate whether or not you want to donate organs and tissues. How do you make that choice?
Talking about your choice
Why is it important to talk about your choice in the Donor Register? And how do you have that conversation? Here you can read more about it.
Contact us
Do you have questions about organ and tissue donation or your choice in the Donor Register? Call the free Donor Information Line or send us an email.
The Donor Helpline answers questions in Dutch or English, available on weekdays from 8:30 AM to 7:00 PM.