It's on at the moment so just to give people a reminder about carrying a Donor Card. http://www.ika.ie/?option=com_content&task=view&id=163&Itemid=1
I still think we should operate an opt out policy rather than an opt in. The amount of my mates who just couldn't be bother signing a licence/carrying a card is unreal, yet when pressed they say they'd have no problem donating organs if they died
The opt out policy would obviously transform the donor system,would agree with it 100%,but its a very delicate subject for some.
In my opinion the ones who are firmly against it will make sure they register to opt out, the ones who aren't arsed wont do anything as they currently do and thus there'd be more donors.
Thats it.It would increase donors no end. The shortage is always there,and it should be looked at quickly,and made more palatable for the general public to become donors.
just bumping this old thread - I was speaking to a gentleman yesterday who lost his 7 year old grandson to a brain tumour earlier this year. he was diagnosed mere days before he passed away. but the parents kept him on life support for two days for the sole purpose of ensuring his heart could be donated to another child in critical need. I can't even begin to imagine the heartache they were going through as it was, but to have the strength to hold out for two days when they knew they had lost their own child, in order to save another child is simply unbelievable.
This really really needs to be an Opt out service. Amazing thing to do by that family, helps restore faith in humanity. May their little angel rest in peace.
People that do things like this have unbelievable courage and strength. R.I.P. Sent from my GT-I9505 using Tapatalk 2
Someone with a little more information on the topic may correct me on this but doesn't an opt out or opt in system still essentially come back to the same thing, the ultimate decision rests with the family. The card that people carry at the moment is just to let everyone know that it was their personal choice to donate their organs but ultimately it would still fall on the family to make the final decision.