Tissue Donations

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How Can I Donate Skin?

In Australia, skin can only be donated from deceased donors.

You can register your wish to be a tissue donor in Australia on the DonateLife website: www.donatelife.gov.au.

It is also important to tell your family members your wishes as they will be asked to help facilitate donation at that time

Living Donor Bone Program

You are about to review the Donor Tissue Bank of Victoria’s Living Donor Bone Program webpage. The content of this page is intended for those who are seeking further information about bone donation during Total Hip Replacement Surgery. Did you know that your old hip bone could be precious to someone else? The Donor Tissue […]

Living Donor Bone Program

You are about to review the Donor Tissue Bank of Victoria’s Living Donor Bone Program webpage. The content of this page is intended for those who are seeking further information about bone donation during Total Hip Replacement Surgery. Did you know that your old hip bone could be precious to someone else? The Donor Tissue […]

Beyond Thanks

The Donor Tissue Bank of Victoria and the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine in collaboration with the Organ and Tissue Authority and DonateLife Australia, Rhyll Pictures and Impel Pictures have produced Beyond Thanks, a short film featuring Australians who have been touched by tissue donation. Beyond Thanks portrays the reflections of tissue recipients as well […]

Hamish’s Heart

The Donor Tissue Bank of Victoria are proud to take part in a four-part series to be broadcast on ABC 774 Melbourne with Drive presenter Raf Epstein. The story of ‘Hamish’s Heart’ takes you on the journey of Hamish’s life changing surgery to receive a donated heart valve.