- Can I be an organ donor at any age ?
Yes, neither your age nor your state of health should prevent
you from signing a donor card.
It is up to the medical team to judge the state of the organs and their
possible use. There are
70 or 80 years old donors... What can you say about a 103 years old woman
who gave her eyes
and an another person of 93 years old who gave her liver ?
Can a person who died in an accident give their vital
organs ?
- No, in the case of a sudden death, only tissues like eyes, cardiac
valves, bones, articulations
and skin can be given. The vital organs donors should be dead cerebrally
and artificially kept
alive after grave lesion in the brain or after a spontaneous cerebral hemorrhage.
What is the religious attitude to organ donation and
transplantation ?
Most of the world's religions openly support the gift of
organs and recognize transplantation as a
victory over disease. Indeed, western religions consider organ donation
an act of great charity.
When I consent to become an organ donor,
should I only sign the organ donor card ?
No, it is important to sign the organ donor card but after,
you must advise the members of your
family of your intention to make a gift of your organs when you die. Next,
you choose three
(3) of them who approve of your decision and tell them that you want to
put their names and
telephone numbers on your organ donor cards. These people must sign the
form required
by the hospital to authorize the organ donation.
What does the organ donation give to the afflicted
families ?- Most of the families who consent to the organ donation of a loved one
said it helped them to
pass through the period of mourning by giving a special sense to the loss
of the loved one
by permitting to save or improve lives of the others.
Will the organ donation involve us in great expenses
?
The organs and tissue removal doesn't bring any financial
costs to the family. But as in
any death, the family will pay the funeral costs.
Can the body of organ donor be viewed normally ?
- The organs and tissue removal is made in the same conditions of respect
and dignity of any surgical operation.
Afterward, the body can be viewed normally.
What is the cerebral death ?
The cerebral death happens when the brain doesn't function
anymore the necessary impulses to make the heart and the lungs function.
Without the assistance of the respirator, the heart will stop beating spontaneously
after a moment.
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