Kudos for the North Bay Regional Health Centre and the community from the Trillium Gift of Life Network.

Network Chief Operating Officer Versha Prakash says there’s good news on a couple fronts, pointing out North Bay is a model community.

“You have a strong donation record, you’ve got excellent results we’d like to replicate across the province. The North Bay Regional Health Centre achieved a 100 per cent notification rate in the first quarter of fiscal 2016-17,” she said.

Prakash says that means the hospital reported all potential organ and tissue donation opportunities to Trillium Gift of Life Network.

Meantime, North Bay has a 53 percent organ and tissue donor registration rate, as of June 30th.

“North Bay is really a leading community, organ and tissue donation is about sharing and giving and that’s what North Bay represents. These results show that,” Prakash said.

In terms of the donor registration rate, North Bay is tops in Ontario with Parry Sound.