Organ Donation - what do you think?

[wils]

I am registered but this is a good reminder as I'm not sure if it's under my right address now - will check

Thanks

 

[jjpenguin]

I've been a (registered) donor since secondary school, the way I look at it I won't be needing anything when I'm gone!

 

[Queenie]

Registered member here as well.

Someone said that fewer organs were being donated now, I wonder if that's overall or as a percentage of the population? I seem to recall from my Religious Studies lessons at school that Islam (I think it's that religion) bans organ donation as their religion believes you need your physical body to be complete after you die. If the number has reduced as a percentage, maybe it could be partly because of more Islamic people living in the UK now?

 

[carolfoy]

interesting thought, could be that that is the case,
I'm sure I heard a long time ago that kidneys are now scarce due to the seat belt law - prior to the law the kidneys were usually intact after a car crash but now as everyone wears a seat belt apparently the numbers survivng crashes are well up and that those dying through crashes had damage to their kidneys so weren't suitable for donation.

 

[Kath2003]

I registered at the doctor's last week and checked for everything except corneas. Having someone take part of my eye freaks me out a little too much. They can have anything else they fancy, though!

Quite a good system since most people are registered with a doctor, and if they move they tend to re-register at their new location.

 

[Chilly]

I am registered as well and also said no to my eyes being taken!

 

[Clare D]

I'm also a donor, they aren't much use to me when I'm gone but I know that sometimes the decision must be very difficult for a family member to make otherwise.
As a mother I should imagine one of the hardest decisions is passing on the organs of your child but knowing that somebody's life would be saved would hopefully make it easier.

 

[VSL]

I personally believe that it should be the other way around, i.e. ALL organs are free to be transplanted upon your death unless you opt out. So everybodies organs would be available to use unless you specifically denied their use. Even then, if you have a rare blood group and your organs could save a life then it should be a surgeon / doctor decision.

While I agree with the first part of this post (everyone's organs up for donation unless you opt out specifically), I totally disagree that if you have a rare blood group and your organs could save a life then it should be up to a surgeon/doctor, regardless of your wishes.

 

[stevechase]

I know this is a serious thread but I had to smile when the good lady wife told me this. As I mentioned earlier she works for WM abulance service in Dudley. The other night they had to ship a box of eyes.

I had this vision (excuse the pun) of a bloke on the end of a phone rummaging round in a box of eyes in front of him saying, "sorry love, we got a left blue but no right, or I can do u a complete new set in green"

A box of eyes indeed!

Steve

 

[carolfoy]

I know this is a serious thread but I had to smile when the good lady wife told me this. As I mentioned earlier she works for WM abulance service in Dudley. The other night they had to ship a box of eyes.

I had this vision (excuse the pun) of a bloke on the end of a phone rummaging round in a box of eyes in front of him saying, "sorry love, we got a left blue but no right, or I can do u a complete new set in green"

A box of eyes indeed!

Steve