Organ transplantation has been a miraculous revolution in modern science. The facility to transfer an organ from one human to another has been nothing but an enormous blessing upon humanity. This process has allowed doctors to save endless lives around the world. Organ transplantation is a surgical process by which healthy organs, donated by individuals, are transplanted into a patient who is in critical need of a transplant. The operation itself is a standing symbol of human integrity. Yet the problem stands, there is a critical deficiency in organ donations around the world which has led to a drought. Innumerable patients are like zombies, half-living, in an everlasting queue in the chase of an organ. Surgeons, researchers and the government
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There are only 1,282 donors available. A shocking number of 9,036 patients would not be able to get a transplant and end up in critical circumstances. 1,000 people die every year. Three people dying every single day in the wait for an organ transplant. Wales has recently adapted to the opt-out system, which has led rest of the Britain in a predicament to whether they should also select the opt-out system.
The UK population is approximately 64 million. [3] 96 percent believe organ donation is unarguably the ideal thing to do: in spite of that, only 30% have enlisted as donors. This is the dilemma. Out of the 64 million people in the UK, there are only 19 million are registered as organ donors. If the UK government continues using the Opt-in system; people will die. However if they change to the Opt-out system there is a possible issue of someone of believes in an afterlife, may fail to take their name out of the presumed consent. What do other countries …show more content…
An investigation carried out by the [4] University of Nottingham over a period of thirteen years in 48 countries (23 using the opt-in system and 25 using the opt-out system) showed satisfactory results. A specialist in the field of personality theory and human altruism in the School of Psychology at the University of Nottingham, Professor Eamonn Ferguson, stated, "We wanted to find out if opt-out versus opt-in policies influence not just deceased donations but also living donations." The outcome of the investigation concluded that there were more organs donated, by living and dead donors, in countries using the opt-out system than the opt-in
There are only 1,282 donors available. A shocking number of 9,036 patients would not be able to get a transplant and end up in critical circumstances. 1,000 people die every year. Three people dying every single day in the wait for an organ transplant. Wales has recently adapted to the opt-out system, which has led rest of the Britain in a predicament to whether they should also select the opt-out system.
The UK population is approximately 64 million. [3] 96 percent believe organ donation is unarguably the ideal thing to do: in spite of that, only 30% have enlisted as donors. This is the dilemma. Out of the 64 million people in the UK, there are only 19 million are registered as organ donors. If the UK government continues using the Opt-in system; people will die. However if they change to the Opt-out system there is a possible issue of someone of believes in an afterlife, may fail to take their name out of the presumed consent. What do other countries …show more content…
An investigation carried out by the [4] University of Nottingham over a period of thirteen years in 48 countries (23 using the opt-in system and 25 using the opt-out system) showed satisfactory results. A specialist in the field of personality theory and human altruism in the School of Psychology at the University of Nottingham, Professor Eamonn Ferguson, stated, "We wanted to find out if opt-out versus opt-in policies influence not just deceased donations but also living donations." The outcome of the investigation concluded that there were more organs donated, by living and dead donors, in countries using the opt-out system than the opt-in