Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is marking Organ Donation Week (Sept 23 to 29) by turning its buildings pink.
The main Bradford Royal Infirmary (BRI) site, along with its Women’s and Newborn building, will be lit up pink in support of the awareness week.
The Trust joins hospitals, businesses and community groups across the country in lighting their buildings to celebrate 30 years of the NHS Organ Donor Register which has been saving lives through the gift of organ donation.
The awareness week aims to inspire people to tell their families that they want to be a donor and to register their decision.
In the UK, someone dies every day in need of an organ and there are more than 7,600 people currently on the transplant waiting list.
Consultant Anaesthetist, Dr James Morgan, who is also the Trust’s Clinical Lead for Organ Donation said: “I’m delighted that the BRI will be illuminated in pink, and we hope that it will make people take notice and start to discuss organ donation.
“This national Organ Donation Week, we are celebrating the thousands of lives which have been saved thanks to people who have given the gift of life in donating their organs after their death.
“I’d urge everyone to confirm their support for organ donation on the NHS Organ Donor Register by registering your donation decision at www.organdonation.nhs.uk” 
Specialist Nurse for Organ Donation, Raz Igasan, explained: “When a person dies in hospital, families will still always be consulted before organ donation goes ahead and 9 out of 10 families agree to support organ donation if their loved one has confirmed their decision to donate on the register.
“The more people who make their decision known on the NHS Organ Donor Register, the more families will support that decision and the more lives will be saved.”
“Sadly, many opportunities for organ donation are lost every year because families don’t know if their loved one wanted to be a donor or not. That’s why it is still just as important to register your decision on the NHS Organ Donor Register and ensure your friends and family know what you want and will support your decision.”
Up to nine people’s lives can be saved when a person donates their organs after death and more can be saved when tissue is donated.