Organ donors (updated)

Back on May 1st an effort to increase organ donors was launched. According to this news article

Organ donation campaigner Andy Tookey has launched a private donor register with the aim of giving participants prioritised access to other participants' organs.

The aim of the "Lifesharers" register is to give people an incentive to offer their organs for donation, hopefully boosting New Zealand's poor organ donor rate.

It is later noted that

Under the scheme, which was first started about four years ago in the United States, registered members' organs are offered to other registered members who need them.

If there is no match then they go to the next person on the organ waiting list.

Such a scheme gives an extra incentive that could help boost the donation rates, thereby saving more lives.

Update: The LifeSharers website is at LifeSharers