<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>When Oren Klemich lost his teenage son to Meningococcal 16 years ago, he took comfort in knowing Jack was keeping other people alive.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A registered organ donor, five of the 18-year-old's organs were donated following his death.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It's nice to know that a part of Jack is still out there keeping people alive. It's a good feeling," Oren said.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/erin-patterson-trial-update-what-happens-next-explained/25e2c6ad-f50a-4260-870a-01a0abb5e589" target="_blank"><strong><span>What happens next for Erin Patterson?</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We're very proud of our gorgeous boy."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>South Australia has the highest organ donation rate in the country with 74 per cent of eligible people registered.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But in the 16 to 24 age category, the rate is almost half that, sitting at 40 per cent.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/organ-donor-south-australia-advocates/124328e6-7576-4c65-9a4e-1951fdc83c53" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We are punching well above our weight and we would love to see other states take that up," Health Minister Chris Picton said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Right across the country there are people waiting by the phone for when an organ becomes available."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It's a selfless act which affords people like kidney and liver recipient Dimitri and heart recipient Nicole a new lease on life.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Being told I can't have children, I've got five now so that's like a big deal," Dimitri said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/qantas-data-leak-extent-of-airlines-data-breach-revealed/c5e3e96a-51d1-49e4-a0fd-0468ec97ac67" target="_blank"><strong><span>Over 5.7 million Qantas customers impacted as extent of data breach revealed</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It can be a powerful conversation instead of having to be an awkward one."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Nicole said she'd like see the conversation normalised in homes across the country.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"My heart was incredibly unpredictable and they called it a ticking time bomb and so that's when I was listed for transplant," she said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>South Australia is the only state where the process is as simple as ticking a box.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The state government says the best time to register is when you are getting or renewing your drivers' licence.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Just raise it over the dinner table just talk about it when they are on their P's and their L's and doing their forms, just tick that box and then everybody knows what you want," DonateLife SA Dr Stewart Moodie said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>More than 1800 Australians are currently on the transplant waitlist.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Each registered organ donor can save up to seven lives.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f"><strong><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></strong></a><strong><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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