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  • The Critical Shortage of Donated Tissue

    The Critical Shortage of Donated Tissue

    Australia is facing a critical shortage of donated tissue, including skin, bones, heart valves and tendons.
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  • The Gift Installation at Southbank

    The Gift Installation at Southbank

    A new piece of art has come to Southbank. Tucked away at the end of Moore Street, outside the Donor Tissue Bank of Victoria, ...
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  • MEDIA RELEASE - Our new facility is officially open

    MEDIA RELEASE – Our new facility is officially open

    Our new purpose-built facility was officially declared ‘open’ by the Attorney General, The Hon Martin Pakula MP in front of donor recipients, donor families ...
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  • Donor tissue recipient stories: "Thank you for the best gift I've ever had!"

    Donor tissue recipient stories: “Thank you for the best gift I’ve ever had!”

    Daniel, Alison, Tim and John have each benefitted from the generous gift of tissue donation in very different ways. These are their stories, and ...
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  • The heart of the matter: cardiac tissue donation

    The heart of the matter: cardiac tissue donation

    Although there are mechanical alternatives, nothing beats a donated heart valve for the health and livelihoods of the patients of Dr Peter Skillington, Cardiothoracic ...
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  • The life-saving gift of skin for burns patients

    The life-saving gift of skin for burns patients

    Miss Heather Cleland, Head of the Victorian Adult Burns Service at The Alfred Hospital, knows only too well how donated skin can save the ...
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  • A donor family's story: 'Someone else can use something from a tragedy'

    A donor family’s story: ‘Someone else can use something from a tragedy’

    When Myles died unexpectedly at age 15, his family were in no doubt about his wishes to become a tissue donor.
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  • The precious gift of sight: Cornea transplant

    The precious gift of sight: Cornea transplant

    A corneal transplant can change someone’s life. Without donors, many people would simply lose their sight, and often their livelihoods forever.
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  • Bruce Esplin's 'The Gift' Sculpture

    Bruce Esplin’s ‘The Gift’ Sculpture

    Former Victorian Emergency Services Commissioner and sculptor, Bruce Esplin, talks about the process of creating the “Giving Hands” sculpture as his way of giving ...
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    • Victoria, 3006 Australia
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