Organ Donation and What You Can Do

Organ Donation and What You Can Do (#travel)

Organ Donation and What You Can Do October 1, 2012 Leave a comment Not too long ago on this space, I wrote about finally collecting my organ donor’s card in a blog post here , and urged that many of you should do the same. In this country, it is as simple as heading to www.agiftoflife.gov.my Now let me elaborate a little bit more on organ donation and its importance to the over 15,000 people in this country. What is Organ Transplant? Organ transplant is the best treatment option to save lives of patients with terminal stage of organ failure. The damaged organ is replaced with healthy organ from either deceased (cadaveric) donor with permission, or donor who are still living (such is the case of kidney or liver, and only from family members) For patients with terminal stages of heart, liver, and lung organ failure, organ transplant is often the only hope to continue living....

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