Types of donations and donors
Types of donations and donors
History
Types of donations and donors
Types of donations and donors
Types of donations and donors
Types of donations and donors
Types of donations and donors
Types of donations and donors
Donation's nation
Donation's nation
Miren Bravo
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There are many people who choose not to donate their body because they think that their organs are not useful, because of the age or the medical history. There are also many people who do not contemplate becoming a donor because they think that filthy rich people receive organs faster. In addition, there are also some potential donors who refuse the donation because they think that if the hospital sees you as a donor, they will not try to save your life. How can we convince those people?
All those descriptions are lies and myths that are sometimes socially spread without any information. That lack of information demonstrate that we must continues with our work: inform (correctly) society to prevent falsehoods. These myths tarnish one of the purest acts of society, organ donation.
The only way to convince a person to donate is through information and education based on real knowledge. It is necessary to do exercises of empathy, because, who knows who can be the next patient? We will may need an organ at some point in our lives.
Each of us can become an organ donor. You can become a donor in our health centre, in the Health Department, on the ONT web… The way to promote donation is to speak about it in schools and create original projects about donation, just like in this one. Thanks to this, students who don’t know what organ donation is, would be informed and would learn about this important issue.
Being an organ donor can save many lives. It is not possible to quantify it because it depends on many factors, but bring a donor opens the door to life.
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What can be improved regarding organ and tissue donation? If we were kidney patients, how long would we have to wait to get a healthy organ?
As for the improvements that can be made in organ and tissue donation, maybe we could reduce the number of family refusals when it’s time to donate. Of course, we have to respect the wish of a person and his decisions at such delicate moment, but we consider it neccesary to create a social conscience based on “Today for me, tomorrow for you”.
The waiting time for an organ is very variable taking into account the person’s own characteristics (age, blood type...) and pathologies. Therefore, it is very difficult to establish an exact waiting time. Statistically, it is between 18-24 months.
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What does your work consist of? What services do you provide?
I work for ALCER Navarra, our job is to raise awareness and inform the society about the importance of organ donation. We work in favour of those who are waiting for an organ, because they need a donation to continue living or to improve their quality of life. On the other hand, we provide personal attention to people affected by chronic kidney diseases and their families. We work in order to improve or maintain a good quality of life.
The services we offer are these: social care, psychological and dietetic counseling.