Are You An Organ Donor?

[icyfroth]

Sharelife director Brian Myerson said Australia has the highest rate of organ donation registration in the world but we rank around 23rd for actual organ donation.

“It is about systems in hospitals,” he said.

“The national authority should be able to identify every potential donor and ensure they become actual donors,” he said.

The minister said the refusal of some families to grant their deceased relative’s choice to donate their organs was a key roadblock to donations proceeding.

Simply putting your name on an organ donation list is not enough to guarantee they will be donated in the event of your death because a relative can veto the donation.

More than 60 per cent of Australian families give consent for organ and tissue donation to proceed.

However, families that have discussed and know the donation decision of their loved one allow organ donation to proceed on 80 per cent of occasions.

“I urge all Australians to discuss this important issue with their families and register their wish to donate,” Minister Nash said.

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If it were your loved one suddenly deceased, would you let their organs be given to save someone else's life?

[polksaladallie]

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@b3llag1na wrote:

Yep, you cannot rely on donating your body to science.

My BIL (cancer sufferer)  had decided (with his family's approval) to donate his body to science, and had been given a provisional acceptance.

When he passed away in palliative care and they contacted the facility his body was rejected as it was not in good enough condition.

Our SIL was devastated - suddenly having to organise a funeral service instead of a memorial, and the added expense of it all.

And yes, I am going to be a donor.

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The conditions and situations of acceptance or not are all explained when you register. 

My relatives have that information also.

I am going to be a donor, so that medical students can learn.  If I am not suitable at for that, then I would probably not be suitable as an organ donor either.

[dwilke33]

I am an organ donor.    When I'm gone they can have all I have  left....corneas, lungs, kidneys,heart.......take what you need.

[siggie-reported-by-alarmists]

Organ donation.........is this thread about men who 'date' cougars?.....

[softail-joanie]

I wanted to be, but they wouldn't let me exclude smokers as possible recipits. Looks like the fly insides go to waste. Shame, this is the finest parts available. I can't have someone putting nasty smoke in these lungs.

[nicnacs_4u]

Yes and my late OH was given an extra 15 years of not been attached to a dialysis machine..he was lucky to receive a kidney and pancreas due to someone who was an organ donor giving him a new life. .he was forever grateful! ! And so were his family...

[nicnacs_4u]

Sj your comment is s h I t..to put it mildly