Why should I become an organ donor?

Why should I become an organ donor?

Organ donation can save other people’s lives. You can find a lot of information about it here. But doctors can replace a diseased organ. You can take out the diseased organ.

What pre-existing conditions rule out organ donation?

Which pre-existing conditions generally rule out organ donation? For example, an organ donation may not be possible in the case of certain infections or acute cancer diseases. For all other diseases, the doctors decide whether an organ donation is an option based on the findings.

How long after death can organs be harvested?

Some organs can only be preserved for a short time, a heart for example only for four hours. A kidney can take over 20 hours from harvest to transplant. For transport, the organs are stored in special transport boxes in a preservative solution and on ice.

Can you take organs from a dead person?

Up to seven people can survive thanks to organs from a dead donor. However, organs can only be donated by the deceased whose brain fails before all other organs – one speaks of brain death – and whose circulation is maintained artificially in the intensive care unit.

Are you automatically an organ donor in Germany?

Do I automatically become an organ donor? No. The prerequisite for organ removal after death is the consent of the potential organ donor during his lifetime or the consent of his next of kin.

Should you be required to donate organs?

“An objection solution is the obligation to deal with organ donation. According to this, everyone should be a potential organ donor if they do not object during their lifetime or if their relatives refuse after death. Currently, an organ donor – or their relatives – must actively consent to the donation.

Should organ donation after death be made mandatory in Germany?

Obviously, the transplant scandals uncovered six years ago scared many people. It is therefore right that Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU) finally wants to change the rules for organ donations. But there should be no obligation to donate organs. Everyone can continue to make decisions about themselves.

Should organ removal only be ruled out in the event of an objection?

After the objection solution, everyone is automatically considered to have consented to the organ removal if they have not expressly objected during their lifetime. This could significantly increase the number of organ donations. Nowhere else in Europe are activities to promote organ donation comparable.

What speaks against the contradiction solution?

Counter-argument to this contra-argument: Contradictory solution means: If you don’t want your organs to be removed after brain death, you can contradict that. This means that nobody is forced to serve as a spare parts store. Only the people who don’t do anything automatically become donors.

How can I object to organ donation?

If the law is passed and you then want to speak out against organ removal after brain death, you must enter yourself in a nationwide register. You should be able to delete or change this entry at any time. You can also limit your objection to organ donation to specific organs.

Why double opt-out?

Every citizen should be a potential organ donor – unless he objects. This means that everyone automatically becomes an organ donor, unless you have raised an objection during your lifetime or the surviving relatives object after death. Hence the term “double contradiction solution”.