The gift of life

The gift of life

The organ donation is a worldwide issue which affects some countries more than others. However, regardless of the place where an organ is needed for transplant, there are many myths that surround organ donation. It is imperative to be informed about what is truth and what is not at the moment of deciding whether are you going to be a donator or not. The mayo clinic conducted a research about the most common myths that are firmly established in the popular consciousness, and the findings are conclusive.

•Most people believe that if they agree to be donators, the doctors won’t make a great effort to save their lives. Reality tears down this myth immediately because the doctors that work to save a person’s life have nothing to do with the organ recovery process or the transplantation itself.

•Another common belief has to do with age. Some people think they are too old to donate. That is completely false. A ninety-years-old person can have a perfectly healthy organ to donate as well as a twenty-years-old person.

•Contrary to popular myth, even a person who suffers from diabetes or a heart disease is able to be an organ donor. Only a few medical conditions automatically ban a person from being a donator.

So, are you a donator? If not, after reading these facts, are you sure you don’t want to give the gift of life?
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Blood Transfusion Vs. Religion

 Blood transfusion, as you may know, is the process of transferring blood from one person to another through an intravenous manner. This process, not as simple as it sounds, has given the possibility of saving thousands of lives.

 Lots of investigations needed to take place to learn about more blood, all this in order to succeed in blood transfusion. After running lots of tests, investigators discovered that it was possible to store blood and soon after, blood banks were a viable choice.

 After it is donated, blood goes through specific tests before it gets to the patient’s bodies, to assure that there is no danger of transmitting infections or diseases, like AIDS, among others. In spite of this, some people refuse blood transfusions not just because of reasons that have to do with fear of catching a disease, but also with religion.

 We have been able to see some specific groups within our society strongly rejecting blood transfusion. It is similar to what happens with organ donation in the sense that people usually think it is unnatural to remove someone’s organs from their –dead or alive- bodies to put them into a person who needs it, but they say it’s because of biblical reasons. I wonder though, what is wrong with medicine improving so much that can save people’s lives? What would you do if it was your mother, or brother, or son is in the need of blood transfusion and your religion forbids it?

   When talking about blood transfusion, would you stop from saving your beloved ones just because your religion says it’s not a right thing to do?