Facts about Organ Donation
Don’t let myths and rumors stop you from giving the gift of life. Here are the facts about organ donation:
Myth: Doctors won’t try to save your life if they know you are a donor.
Fact:The medical staff trying to save lives is completely different from the transplant team. The question of organ donation will arise only after all efforts to save your life have been exhausted.
Myth:People can still recover from brain death.
Fact: People can recover from comas, but not brain death. Coma and brain death are not the same. Brain death is final.
Myth: I am too old to donate organs.
Fact: People of all ages can donate organs and tissues. Physical condition, not age, is the important factor in determining if organs can be used.
Myth:Organ donation will disfigure me and delay my funeral.
Fact: The organs are removed in a sterile operation undertaken by skilled surgeons. The donor is treated with the utmost respect and dignity. When the procedure is finished, the wound is closed, just as in any other operation. The entire process is done quickly to preserve the organs and will therefore not delay a funeral.
Myth: Organ donation is against my religion.
Fact: All major religions support organ donation as a selfless, charitable act.
Please keep the donor card on your person at all times preferably in your wallet.
Please inform your near and dear ones of your intention to donate your organs.
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