Benefits Of Organ Donation

By donating a person can save up to eight different lives with donating organs and even help the lives of hundreds others through tissue donation (Life center Northwest). There is millions of people around the world in need of organ or tissue donation. Dating back to the Middle Ages is a way to save lives and cure illnesses and injuries (History of Organ and Tissue Transplant). Since scientific knowledge was limited back then, modern transplantation was not successful until the 19th and 20th centuries. Transplantation of skin, bone, and corneas was successfully done as the first in this biomedical break through (History of Organ and Tissue Transplant). In the mid 1900’s, solid organ donation became possible, where a doctor named Joseph Murry …show more content…
As part of that, there is advantages and disadvantages to organ and tissue transplants. One of the biggest benefits of organ and tissue transplants is that it saves lives, one organ can save up to eight lives. By donating after death it gives another person a second chance at life as well as gives the family of the deceased a feeling of goodness that something good came from a tragedy. Some of the cons or disadvantages however is that sometimes even though one might be brain dead the patient is kept on the ventilator to keep blood flow to the tissues to keep it fresh and alive enough to harvest the tissue of the body. This fact can confuse the family and for the fact that even though the person is pronounced dead by having no brain activity the patient is still alive because there is a heartbeat. Also when it comes to organ and tissue transplants typically the donor does not have a choice on who gets the organs or tissues. Instead, for most cases the recipients are chosen based off of compatibility (E. 2013). Organ and tissue transplant within the health care setting is very beneficial, this not only saves lives but gives others a sense of purpose knowing that even in such a sad situation something positive can come out of it. It has been said that with death comes rebirth and often patients will consider that day when the new organ was received as a new birthday, in other words with death …show more content…
When donating organs a person can save up to eight lives, when donating tissue hundreds of lives can be impacted and changed for the better. People may often wonder how to become an organ donor and why. But in reality, it is easy to sign up to be an organ donor and it is one last selfless thing a person can do after life. There may be some ethical controversies that come up with this topic, but in truth it is beneficial and helps those in need. This technology will be further advanced as time goes on where possibly there will be easier ways to successfully complete transplants and possibly not even use actual human organs to complete the transplants but rather synthetic organs and tissues. Only time can tell what advancements will be done within the biomedical community, until then it is a good and selfless to sign up and become an organ and tissue donor and help those in need even in the