Donors….

there was an article on on BBC Radio 2 (yes i admit to being a T.O.G) about the change in laws relating to living organ donors

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4942732.stm

“Live organ donation from strangers will be allowed under new human tissue legislation” as from 1st September

“Doctors want to increase the proportion from living donor transplants as there is a greater chance of success than transplants from deceased donors. However, regulations had forbidden donation from those who were not family or friends of the recipient”

This must be encouraging news for folk on the waiting list for organs and I think is a sensible step in the right direction

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@chess wrote:

There are countries that do this Morticia. Its called an opt out system. Belgium is one of these as far as i know and when a kidney is required relatives are asked to be tested to see if they match for possible donation. If they dont want to donate their organs when they die they simply sign a form ……….easy as.
We dont have this option the government in its glory would rather have people suffer and be kept alive by dialysis machines at a cost of approx £15000 a yr per patient. Specialised units are required specialised staff are needed. The cost is phenomenal. Then they moan about the cost. Maybe there is logic in this somewhere i just cant seem to find it. And no quips pls about me being female or from Northern Ireland :lol: :lol: :wink:

Totally agree Chess.

Funny enough I watched a chat show [oh alright it was the Tyra Banks Show on Living TV….it wasn’t intentional okay !] and they had a young woman on there who had had a heart transplant and she met the parents of the daughter that had died and they had given permission to let her organs be donated. I think the daughter improved the quality of the lives of around 20 odd people. It was quite an emotional situation to see the mother listening to her daughter’s heartbeat in the woman who had received the heart.