The Waiting List

I will not donate. I've spelled it out quite clearly with my tamariki that no matter what the circumstances, that all of me will go.

– Bella Morrell on refusing to donate her organs

...I'm just waiting to start my life.

– Maggie Wood on waiting for a lung transplant after years of suffering from pulmonary hypertension, at the start of this documentary

We got to A and E. A doctor was waiting for us, and we knew that was not a good sign.

– Widow Lisa Purvis on the decision to donate her husband's organs

Lauren donated all her organs, except her heart. She's touched the lives of ten people, and even to the fact that she donated her corneas — which is quite special for me because Lauren had beautiful eyes — and the fact that now somebody can see out of those eyes, is very special for me.

– Wendy Hastie on her daughter Lauren deciding as a teen to list herself as an organ donor

It's been hard. You have your bad days . . . I've woken up a couple of times, crying — I did the other morning. Just her suffering.

– Shana Walker, mum of Kairal, who suffers from biliary atresia and needs a liver transplant

About a quarter to a third of patients die on the waiting list.

– Heart transplant surgeon Peter Allison, early in this documentary

...The good thing about organ donation is that some good comes out of the tragedy — because after all, you're dealing with someone whose just died.

– Anaesthetist Nigel Robertson

If you're dying from organ failure, a transplant is the only thing that will save your life.

– Narrator Simon O'Connor, early in this documentary