Ontario rejects reverse organ donation
Posted on September 27, 2005
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On Friday, the Trillium Gift of Life Network decided that Ontarians are “not ready” for opt-out organ donation, instead of opt-in donation as is the current practice.
The reasons for rejecting the practice, that successfully provides organs from the dead to those that would be joining the dead without a new organ in 25 countries, are concerns over the logistical problems with the individual’s right to choose.
I agree with the statement that you cannot adopt a new law tomorrow and maintain that right, see the article below for the issues. But not all people are affected by those logistical problems - in fact most are not. So put them on the list automatically, and then force those (like myself) with old, non-renewable health cards, to get them. When they do, they can idicate their personal intention to allow for organ donation or not.
How can you sentence people to death due to the lack of organs, for a logistical problem that does not affect everyone?
So contact the Trillium Gift of Life Netowrk if you object to its decision. Call Frank Markel, CEO, Phone: 416-363-4001, or email.
Read more about it: The Globe and Mail: Ontario rejects ‘presumed consent’ organ donation
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Hi:
My name is Kevin Huber and I am from Guelph Ontario. I am blind and work for a computer company in Mississauga Ontario. Up until three years ago I had a working Kidney transplant. When the transplanted kidney stopped working, after twenty-three years of good helth, I had to go back on dialysis and my life changed dramatically. Not only have I had to make an adjustment from fulltime work to parttime work, I have had numerous health problems over the last three years. These include, a splenectemy, resulting in a couple of bouts of pancreatitis, a parathyroidectemy, resulting in several seizures, due to low calcium, etc. Not only that, I am told that I still have three years to wait for another transplant. I do not think that an individual’s rite to choose compares with the situation I just described. Besides, If I had had the rite to choose, I wouldn’t have chosen to be in this mess in the first place. Besides, don’t you think the government would save money by implementing a reverse organ donation policy? After all, it costs the health care system much less to maintain the health of a transplant recipient than it does to care for a dialysis patient.
Kevin Huber
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