Mark Welcomes Success of Opt Out Campaign
Mark Griffin MSP has welcomed the support given to Opt Out Campaign for organ donation successfully run The Evening Times, and is delighted that the Labour Party have become the first polical party at Holyrood to seek a change in the law.
Mr Griffin's father Francis, the former Labour councillor for Kilsyth and Croy, died five years ago aged 47 after waiting almost 10 years for a heart transplant and the MSP believes he would still be alive if the law was different.
Mark said:
"The party recognises there is a massive need for organ donors and the benefits organs bring to those who have been waiting so long.
"I would hope to see a change come about within the lifetime of the Parliament, before the elections in 2016.
"I am delighted for the Evening Times campaign and am delighted the Labour Party has publicly backed the campaign."
Speaking about the difference it could have made in his father's life, Mark added:
"My dad didn't make it through the operation because his health had deteriorated so much.
"If the opt-out system had been in place with more donors I think he would have got his transplant a lot earlier and would still be alive."
The Labour move has also been welcomed by the British Medical Association.
Dr Brian Keighley, chairman of the BMA in Scotland, said: "We welcome Labour's support for an opt-out system for organ donation to be introduced in Scotland."
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