Should there be a choice to save lives? Did you know anyone over 18 can prevent someone dying every 90 minutes from not receiving an organ? There are up to 1,700 Australians on the organ donation waiting list at any one time to receive an organ and you can save up to 10. Unfortunately, there were only 378 donors in 2014. Australia is the best in the world at transplanting organs into people’s bodies.
You should never assume that you’re too old or too young or not healthy enough to become an organ donor, if you’re under 18 all you need is parent permission and you’re ready, anyone above the age of 18 is eligible. Australia’s organ transplant success rates are amongst the best but one of the lowest organ donation numbers in the world. On average, Australians on the transplant list can wait any time between 6 months and 4 years. Imagine the feeling of saving someone’s life that needs it, better yet up to 10.
Lots of people argue against organ donation, however, a high percentage of those people would chane their minds if it was one of their loved ones on the hospital bed needing a transplant in the very near future, otherwise they might die. It is often a traumatic time for the families of a deceased donor, as a person they love has …show more content…
Australia is ranked 20th in the world for organ donation numbers in the world. Modern technology isn’t yet developed enough to produce human organs, whereas we as humans can take some good organs from those who don’t need them so they don’t go to complete waste. Organs can be donated when the donor is deceased or alive, both are equally useful to the receiver but the waiting time of the organ to work varies depending on wheter the donor is dead or alive. Each person in Australia has a 10 times greater chance of requiring an organ transplant than of becoming an organ
You should never assume that you’re too old or too young or not healthy enough to become an organ donor, if you’re under 18 all you need is parent permission and you’re ready, anyone above the age of 18 is eligible. Australia’s organ transplant success rates are amongst the best but one of the lowest organ donation numbers in the world. On average, Australians on the transplant list can wait any time between 6 months and 4 years. Imagine the feeling of saving someone’s life that needs it, better yet up to 10.
Lots of people argue against organ donation, however, a high percentage of those people would chane their minds if it was one of their loved ones on the hospital bed needing a transplant in the very near future, otherwise they might die. It is often a traumatic time for the families of a deceased donor, as a person they love has …show more content…
Australia is ranked 20th in the world for organ donation numbers in the world. Modern technology isn’t yet developed enough to produce human organs, whereas we as humans can take some good organs from those who don’t need them so they don’t go to complete waste. Organs can be donated when the donor is deceased or alive, both are equally useful to the receiver but the waiting time of the organ to work varies depending on wheter the donor is dead or alive. Each person in Australia has a 10 times greater chance of requiring an organ transplant than of becoming an organ