Imagine waiting for so something for months on end, not just a miscellaneous physical item but a key competent in living life; an organ. Organ donations give people barely clinging onto life, a second chance to live. People should become organ donors because, organ transplants save many lives, the demand for organs is higher than the supply, and it is an easy thing that is misunderstood by most.
Organ donation is a procedure in which a person who has been pronounced dead can donate their organs such as their heart, liver, kidney, and among many others to a person on the transplant list in need of that specific organ. According to the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), 18,048 organ transplants have been made possible so far in 2015. Without …show more content…
According to UNOS, there are 112,413 people in need of a lifesaving organ transplant. While that number is large the number of registered donors is significantly less; 8,757. Many people who opt against becoming registered organ donors, do not have all the facts about what it actually entails. It is a common misconception that if you are a organ donor and in an accident that doctors will not do all they can to save you in order to receive your organs. For example, “When you go to the hospital for treatment, doctors focus on saving your life — not somebody else's. You'll be seen by a doctor whose specialty most closely matches your particular emergency” (“Organ donation: Don't let these myths confuse you” 1). Doctors will not treat you differently just because if you die they will get your organs, everyone gets the same opurinity at life. Another common misconception is that people think they will not be ‘officially’ dead when their organs are harvested. However, “…people who have agreed to organ donation are given more tests (at no charge to their families) to determine that they're truly dead than are those who haven't agreed to organ donation.” (“Organ donation: Don’t let these myths confuse you” 1). This means that when a person’s organs are harvested, that there was absolutely no chance that they would live again, and the extensive testing proves that. The
Organ donation is a procedure in which a person who has been pronounced dead can donate their organs such as their heart, liver, kidney, and among many others to a person on the transplant list in need of that specific organ. According to the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), 18,048 organ transplants have been made possible so far in 2015. Without …show more content…
According to UNOS, there are 112,413 people in need of a lifesaving organ transplant. While that number is large the number of registered donors is significantly less; 8,757. Many people who opt against becoming registered organ donors, do not have all the facts about what it actually entails. It is a common misconception that if you are a organ donor and in an accident that doctors will not do all they can to save you in order to receive your organs. For example, “When you go to the hospital for treatment, doctors focus on saving your life — not somebody else's. You'll be seen by a doctor whose specialty most closely matches your particular emergency” (“Organ donation: Don't let these myths confuse you” 1). Doctors will not treat you differently just because if you die they will get your organs, everyone gets the same opurinity at life. Another common misconception is that people think they will not be ‘officially’ dead when their organs are harvested. However, “…people who have agreed to organ donation are given more tests (at no charge to their families) to determine that they're truly dead than are those who haven't agreed to organ donation.” (“Organ donation: Don’t let these myths confuse you” 1). This means that when a person’s organs are harvested, that there was absolutely no chance that they would live again, and the extensive testing proves that. The