Changing to an opt-out system could vastly increase the level of organ donation. Under our current system of opt-in organ donation, where an explicit decision to donate must be made, we have a chronic shortage of organs available for donation. In 2011, when up to 300 kidneys were required, only 164 deceased kidney donor transplants were carried out. Even though we have a generous culture of organ donation in Ireland, we rank at just 23rd in European league tables, behind all other countries that have a soft-opt out system. Our current system is not working and I believe a change is needed if we want to help more people who are in need of an organ transplant. jerrybuttimer.ie/2014/03/25/opt-out-system-could-vastly-increase-organ-donation-buttimer/
Posted on: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 13:57:27 +0000
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