A Sunshine Coast man who received a second chance at life thanks to an organ donor is encouraging others to register and give the gift of life this Christmas.
It comes as the number of Australian organ donors remains 25 per cent lower than pre-pandemic figures.
Nathan Pain, 27, of Beerwah, was diagnosed with viral-induced cardiomyopathy in 2017 and was kept alive by a heart-assist device from 2019 until undergoing a heart transplant during 2020.
