Personal response on importance of organ donation
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Organ donation is done by both living and deceased donors. The living donors can donate one of the two kidneys, a lung or a part of a lung, one of the two lobes of their liver, a part of the intestines or a part of the pancreas. While a deceased donor can donate liver, kidneys, lungs, intestines, pancreas, cornea tissue, skin tissue, tendons and heart valves.
The organ donation process varies from country to country. The process has broadly been classified into two categories – Opt in and Opt out. Under the opt-in system, one is proactively required to register for donation of his/ her organs while in the opt-out system, every individual becomes a donor post death unless he/she opts-out of it.
There is a huge demand for organs. It is sad how several people in different parts of the world die each year waiting for organ transplant. The governments of different countries are taking steps to raise the supply of organs and in certain parts the number of donors has increased. However, the requirement of organs has simultaneously increased at a much rapid speed.
Each one of us should come forward and register to donate organs after death. “Be an organ donor, all it costs is a little love”.
I believe organ donation can benefit the world greatly, but only when it is done legally. In the world today as we know it, there are many diseases that can inflict the body parts and make them malfunction, and stop working overtime. This greatly offsets the quality of life one can have, and can be painful and detrimental to those who suffer from these problems. However, organ donations can help save those who suffer from these diseases. Those who pass away and that own healthy parts and are willing to save other people's lives should be able to do so, as (obviously they don't need the organs anymore), they can help another person continue to live a normal life. There are many deaths that could be avoided if people donate healthy organs to the greater cause. However, remember, it is the person's own decision whether to act on this plan or not, and at the end, we cannot force them.
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