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F: Can you imagine if somebody else's organ was in your body??
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A: How weird would that feel, many organisations have opinions on
this matter…
F: Most people agree to donate organs, thinking that they are no
longer going to need it so somebody may as well make use of it.
A: Many people agree with organ donation, but very few actually own
one of these.
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F: Few Christian groups oppose or preach against organ donation; all
major religions agree with organ donation, it is seen as a gift.
Some religions impose rules:
A: Jehovah’s witnesses say that the organs must be drained of any
blood, before the transplant can take place.
F: Muslim’s require a written consent in advance.
A: Gypsies and a branch of the non-Buddhist religion in Japan, the
Shinto is totally against organ donation.
F: There is controversy surrounding, whether a prisoner should be
allowed to receive an organ donation.
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A: It isn't only organs that people transplant, Clint Hallam, the first
ever person to have an arm transplant was born in New Zealand, lost
his arm in a circular saw accident, in prison where he was serving time
for fraud, The original replant didn't take, and he had his hand
amputated.
F: After an second transplant and a initially successful period of over
two years in which he could move and even write with the fingers of
the new hand, Hallam voluntarily stopped taking his
immunosuppressive drugs. The hand was then amputated at his
request on 3 February 2001.
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A: Isabelle Dinoire, born 1967,
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F: Was the first person to undergo a partial face transplant, after her
Labrador dog mauled her in May 2005?
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Prior to the operation, she could barely eat or speak, but after the
operation, she can do both.
A triangle of face tissue
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Including the nose and mouth was taken from a brain-dead female
donor and grafted onto the patient.
"Scientists elsewhere have performed scalp and ear transplants.
A: However, the claim is the first for a mouth and nose transplant.
Experts say the mouth and nose are the most difficult parts of the face
to transplant.
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Body parts are not only needed for skin grafting and reconstruction,
but also medical training and science, developing medicines etc.
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While the number of people in England and Wales donating kidneys,
livers and other organs has increased since 2000, the number of people
leaving their whole body for medical science has fallen.
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Between 2000 and 2005 the number of body donations fell from 670
to 600. This has meant that some schools no longer have sufficient for
their teaching needs.
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By contrast, the number of English and Welsh medical schools has
increased, and new postgraduate anatomy departments have opened to
improve the anatomy training of surgeons. With the formation of new
medical schools, the number of medical student’s at most established
medical schools has also increased in parallel, to a total of over 6,000
a year.
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This combination of reduced donations and increased numbers of
students has resulted in a serious shortage of bodies for the education
and training of medical and dental students, and for medical research.
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An increase in people who are wish to donate their body is necessary
to make good the current shortage of bodies for education, but also to
facilitate training in a number of surgical techniques that are
permitted, for the first time, by the Human Tissue Act 2004.
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F: So how can you help?
You can register as soon as you are 16; help make a difference to
someone’s life….
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A: So make sure you carry one of these...
Thank you x