organ donorship should be opt-in

[swatiraohnlu]

Almost 1,000 lives in 2010 were saved directly by organ transplants in the UK, according to statistics released by UK Transplant. A further 3,000 more lives were substantially improved by an organ transplant.

17,000,000 million people are now registered on the donor list, out of an population of 60,000,000 (we can imagine that up to 2/3rds would have harvest-worthy organs).

There is no reason one needs their organs once they are dead, and so long as we are assured that treatment is not affected by one's status, all citizens should be placed on the donor list. I'd even go as far as to say it should be very difficult to opt-out of it.

Should organ donorship be opt-in or drop-out? What do you have to say to this?

 

[dimpy.handa]

OPT-OUT WOULD PROVIDE MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO SAVE LIVES THAT ARE NEEDLESSLY LOST - the waiting list is long, and the death toll gets higher and higher every year. Aside from the patients needing a kidney (who can stay alive on dialysis for years, while waiting) patients in need of organs such as hearts, lungs, livers and intestines have no real long-term artificial means to stay alive (possibly for years) until their time on the list has passed and an organ becomes available. The NEED is greater than the RATE OF ORGAN DONATION, the DEATHS are higher than the SUPPLY of usable organs.

 

[Malika.Munjal]

Organ donorship should be opted-in and not dropped - out, for the simple reason that instead of those millions of bodies with their organs getting burnt or put into coffins everyday, its better that become a help to the needy people !