Newborn, Jace Riley, was brought to the doctor for what the parents thought was a virus but soon found out was heart failure. Baby Jace was rushed to Kosair Children’s Hospital, and there his life was saved by his first open heart surgery. They found out he was born with only half of his heart. He needed a transplant to live so that is what he got. On Christmas day, Jace Riley was given a new heart and is now healthy as ever. If it wasn’t for the decision of one to be an organ donor, baby Jace would have passed. Organ donation should not be an option for the deceased. Organ donation is crucial to saving lives; There are always people on the waiting list. In other countries, doctors have the right to remove organs unless there is a note from the patient saying they can’t and this increases organ supply. Even a church in Wales has made it to where every member is automatically an organ donor because of the many lives it saves.
To begin, organ donation gives …show more content…
Parents, grandparents, and even children are in need of new organs to be able to live. According to AllAfrica (2015), “In 2014-15, 73 deceased donors supported 173 life-saving operations; but sadly, 12 people died while waiting for a transplant” (p. 1). With such a high shortage of organs to be donated doctors have to make difficult decisions on who on the list gets their new organs first. The newborn Jace Riley, discussed in the beginning, “due to a shortage of organs, waited months, while he fought for his life” (McClatchy 2015, pg. 1). There are new ways being evolved to decrease the waiting list. One is, “lawmakers are considering legislation that allows compensation to donors to encourage more live organ donations” (Klotzko 2016, pg. 1). Also some counties have what is called a presumed consent which is when the patient has died and the doctor has the right to remove their organs unless there is a written note from them saying
To begin, organ donation gives …show more content…
Parents, grandparents, and even children are in need of new organs to be able to live. According to AllAfrica (2015), “In 2014-15, 73 deceased donors supported 173 life-saving operations; but sadly, 12 people died while waiting for a transplant” (p. 1). With such a high shortage of organs to be donated doctors have to make difficult decisions on who on the list gets their new organs first. The newborn Jace Riley, discussed in the beginning, “due to a shortage of organs, waited months, while he fought for his life” (McClatchy 2015, pg. 1). There are new ways being evolved to decrease the waiting list. One is, “lawmakers are considering legislation that allows compensation to donors to encourage more live organ donations” (Klotzko 2016, pg. 1). Also some counties have what is called a presumed consent which is when the patient has died and the doctor has the right to remove their organs unless there is a written note from them saying