Blood donation

wait lists for organ donation. (2) But sadly, too many of these people and the many others who have been waiting for much longer, will die waiting for their much needed organs. In Canada, organ donation rates are lower than many other countries, (1) including the United States. There are many ways to help bring this number up, including awareness campaigns, as well as encouraging friends and family to become an organ donor. In Ben Saunder’s case study “Opt-out Organ Donation Without Presuptions”…

have the false belief about being an organ donor. For example, an uninformed citizen would say that if in a serious accident and the hospital sees that you are an organ donor, they will not do everything they can to save you because they want the donations. Obviously, that is a false conclusion and a responsible citizen would be up to date in knowing that all hospital personal are required by law to take all life saving measures and finding an on the spot match for the organs would be near…

There are many people dying every year for diseases that need special technology to fight against them. Despite the high number of diseases, scientists have developed new inventions as an answer to keep alive millions of people. An example of those inventions there is the pacemaker, which is a device to recovery the people that have heart diseases by electrical impulses for revitalizing and regulating the heart function. In addition, the Pacemaker as an invention was thanking Australians…

You wince at the pain. You cry at the ache. You tremble at the torture. No, you are not pregnant (thank goodness guys!) but you are suffering from kidney stones. Did you know that women report kidney stone pain to be more torturous than childbirth? Can you say, "OUCH?" But you are suffering for NO reason! And almost one in every 20 people will develop a kidney stone sometime in their life. And if the pain is not the worst part, you can actually be part of the millions who spend thousands of…

Automatic Organ Donation Automatic Organ Donation should be mandatory. Donating organs you will be able to save lives and that will make you a true hero to that person and their family. People in every age give and receive donation in 2014 29,532 people received organ transplant. “Every 10 minutes people are being wait listed 22/79 die each day waiting for transplant. The government should make organ donation mandatory. People are dying every 10 minutes waiting on donors. As of 2014 30,032…

There is a continuous need for donors in our world today. New strategies and advertisements have been coming about in the last decade, but none have made a huge impact according to J. R. Rodrigue in his article “Stimulus for Organ Donation”. A. Although organ donation is a widely known…

Organ and Body Donation Doctors should compensate families for organs of the deceased. There are multiple reasons why doctors should compensate families. One reason is that the compensation could help the family with financial issues, another is it will help reduce sales of organs on Black Market. The last reason is the compensation could help reduce the cost of surgery. The first reason is the compensation will help the donors family with financial issues. The compensation would…

Donations of Human Organs Organ donations for people that are in need are on a downward slope. According to the Rhode Island Medical Journal, there are approximately one hundred twenty-two thousand, six hundred and twenty-five organ recipients currently on the waiting list to receive organs. It has been said that around twenty-two people have died each day waiting for donated organs so they can continue to live (Ahmad, & Iftikhar, 2016). There are very few programs being discussed here in the…

The Organ Donation movement: a new start A multimillionaire donates his organ; Kochouseph Chittilappilly, well known among entrepreneurs and the chairman and managing director of V-guard, recently came up with a novel idea to save the lives of people suffering from incurable kidney ailments. He has started a network of kidney donors and recipients called the Kidney Foundation of India. This new banking system reaches out to renal failure patients. Against the cases of kidney failure in Kerala…

Should Selling Human Organs be Legalized? These passages present the discussion about arguments concerning the sale of human organs. This is an important debate for patients in need of an organ transplant since it could mean the difference between life and death. The two positions argue whether or not the sale of human organs should be legalized. Both viewpoints have valid claims warranting consideration; for example, evidence indicates that poor donors would be exploited if the sale of human…