The Importance Of Allocate Organs

Studies done by the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) and the Gift of Life Donor Program collected data to show that “In the U.S., an average of 21 people die every day waiting for an organ transplant…” With a nation with endless demands and urgent concerns for the current and future generation’s wellbeing, the ratio of organ donors to recipients is a point of conflict. According to (OPTN) “Every ten minutes, someone is added to the national transplant waiting list.”, but they also have shown that there was a 5% increase in transplants from the year 2014 – 2015 meaning there was more donors. But with the statistics showing information like this it raises concern. There are currently “121,465 people in need of a lifesaving organ transplant (total waiting list candidates). Of those, 78,023 people are active …show more content…
The rich would be able to have first pick of the organs as they could offer more money to hurry up the process and since there is a price tag on the organs that means someone is making money, therefore the rich would become a priority costumer to cater towards. As the standard of living raises and income wages remain stagnant, in the event of a troubling incident that may result in the need of an organ transplant would create even more financial hardships that could increase the death rate associated with waiting for an organ transplant. This may be the case for the less fortunate that can’t afford the procedure and have other responsibilities that further delay the transplant and increase their chance of death. Exploitation of this system would also occur as people can scam a person in need of money for their organs or vice versa to where a person that is a match is requesting an unfair deal essentially a form of