Is Religions Object to Organ Donation & Transplantation..!

Organ Donation Day - August 13

Organ Donation Day is an initiative by The Times of India (TIO) to create awareness about organ donation and encourage the public to sign up as organ donors and potentially save up to 8 lives.

Organ Donation Day is on 13th August.

 Myth Number .1.

If I agree to donate my organs, my doctor or / the emergency room staff would not work as hard to save my life. They' will remove my organs as soon as possible to save somebody else.

Reality.

When you go to the hospital for treatment, doctors focus their priority of saving your life - not somebody else's.

The doctor in charge of your care has nothing to do with transplantation. Besides, Organ donation can only be considered after brain death occurs.

Myth Number. 2.

Maybe I would not really be dead when they sign my death certificate. It' will be too late for me if they have taken my organs for transplantation. I might have otherwise recovered.

Reality.

Although it's a popular topic in the tabloids, in reality, people don't start to wiggle a toe after they're declared dead.

In fact, people who have agreed to organ donation are given more tests to determine that they are truly brain dead than are those who haven't agreed to organ donation.

Myth Number. 3.

 Organ donation is against my religion.

Reality.

None of the religions object to organ donation & transplantation. On the contrary, religions endorse ‘giving’ and what bigger form of giving can there be than giving life.

If you have any doubts you can consult your religious leader.

Myth Number. 4.

I am under age 18. I am too young to make this decision.

Reality.

That's true, in a legal sense. But your parents can authorize this decision. You can express to your parents your wish to donate, and your parents can give their consent knowing that it's what you wanted.

Children, too, are in need of organ transplants, and they usually need organs smaller than those an adult can provide.

Myth Number. 5

Organ and tissue donation will disfigure my body.

Reality..!

Organ and tissue donation doesn't disfigure the body. Donated organs are removed surgically, which does not disfigure the body. 

Also since the donor's body is clothed for burial, so there are no visible signs of organ or tissue donation. (For eye donation, an artificial eye is inserted, the lids are closed, and no one can tell any difference – Do not write this. For bone donation, a rod is inserted where bone is removed.

With skin donation, a very thin layer of skin similar to a sunburn peel is taken from the donor's back. Because the donor is clothed and lying on his or her back, no one can see any difference.

For more details www.Organdonationday.in

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