Organ Donor Law ?

Bonnyboy · 12-04-2008, 22:32

Should it be changed in the light of this sad episode BBC News I always thought the closer the family connection the better match an organ would be, less chance of rejection.

If the decisions made by the medics were purely based on written procedures then the procedures need changing in my opinion.

Lilly · 12-04-2008, 22:38

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Originally Posted by Bonnyboy

Should it be changed in the light of this sad episode BBC News I always thought the closer the family connection the better match an organ would be, less chance of rejection.

If the decisions made by the medics were purely based on written procedures then the procedures need changing in my opinion.

I can't make my mind up on this one.....a very sad case indeed and I do have sympathy with the mother. However, I can understand that organs are allocated according to the waiting list.

I don't think we should be allowed to queue jump or where will it end?

AccyLass · 12-04-2008, 22:41

I definitely think you should have the choice, if you have the choice to be a donor, you should have the choice to decide who you would like the organs (if need be) to go to members of your family 1st

BERNADETTE · 12-04-2008, 22:43

A difficult one as Lilly says but does seem that the mother would have been a closer match. Then again people do donate kidneys to relatives in desperate need when they are alive. It is a very sad case and god forbid anything happens to the mother now who would the child have then??

Bonnyboy · 12-04-2008, 22:53

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Originally Posted by Lilly

I can't make my mind up on this one.....a very sad case indeed and I do have sympathy with the mother. However, I can understand that organs are allocated according to the waiting list.

I don't think we should be allowed to queue jump or where will it end?

Must have been a terrible decision for the doctors to make and it is so very hard to deny some poor soul sitting on a waiting list…living in hope.

I would have thought that prioritisation of benefactor would have been more “success/rejection” orientated and not waiting list driven. Given that it was a Mother /daughter scenario in this case, I think the docs should have been more flexible in their interpretation of the Donor laws.

I have noticed elsewhere that some donors state that they will tear their cards up due to this case, which is just childish. In my eyes it highlights the need for more donors not less.

Bonnyboy · 12-04-2008, 22:55

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Originally Posted by AccyLass27

I definitely think you should have the choice, if you have the choice to be a donor, you should have the choice to decide who you would like the organs (if need be) to go to members of your family 1st

Think the choice had already been made by the daughter to help her mother, just that the formality of the paperwork had not been done

Bonnyboy · 12-04-2008, 22:57

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Originally Posted by BERNADETTE

A difficult one as Lilly says but does seem that the mother would have been a closer match. Then again people do donate kidneys to relatives in desperate need when they are alive. It is a very sad case and god forbid anything happens to the mother now who would the child have then??

The ladies daughter died on April 2nd, her organs went to other poor souls

cashman · 12-04-2008, 22:58

its a sad,difficult one this, think theres summat about yer descision to donate yer organs, before ya croak? maybe our nurses could clarify.

BERNADETTE · 12-04-2008, 23:00

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Originally Posted by Bonnyboy

The ladies daughter died on April 2nd, her organs went to other poor souls

Yes and the more I think about it the more I feel her wish to give a kidney to her mum should have been granted!!

cashman · 12-04-2008, 23:06

its sad all round, if you or yours were top of the list n it matched n ya didn,t get it, how would you feel? theres no easy answer to me.

Bonnyboy · 12-04-2008, 23:07

There’s another thread from not so long back about the Government saying they will presume that everyone will be considered a donor unless they specifically opt -out, cant flippin find it tho

Has anyone got an update on those proposals ?

shillelagh · 13-04-2008, 00:13

BBC NEWS | UK | How the organ donor system works

At the bottom of that link it says there is a taskforce due to report in the summer about it bb.

I think its sad but she hadnt signed the paperwork for making a living donation - but she had signed for the organ donor register.

garinda · 13-04-2008, 00:33

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Originally Posted by Bonnyboy

Think the choice had already been made by the daughter to help her mother, just that the formality of the paperwork had not been done

But since the young woman had been asthmatic since birth, and her mother has had kidney failure for the past seven years, it's not as if they didn't have time to sort out the correct paperwork.

It is very sad, and I hope the mother receives her transplant very soon.

It's disgraceful if people are tearing up their donor cards because of this case.

Anything I leave behind when I pop my clogs is available for the most suitable recipient.

Who am I to pick and choose?

I'll leave that to the medical profession.

emamum · 13-04-2008, 00:56

i think the donor scheme should be on an opt out basis instead of opt in....... we dont need the bodies we leave behind so why not let someone in need have them?

I do understand that it may be against some religious beliefs, in these cases the person should opt out..

How many ppl would be donors but havent signed up?

I have btw, i think its a great idea

blazey · 13-04-2008, 02:18

I don't think the law should change regarding organ donation. It IS a sad story but unfortunately the law couldn't change simply to accomodate situations like these which are few and far between. It just wouldn't work and would complicate things. Best left alone in my opinion.