1 'Stop families' from overriding donor consent

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-23260057

Summary:

This article is about a new strategy in the NHSBT. At this moment it is possible for families to overrule the deceased patient’s wish to donate organs. This is done often, because a lot of people are not informed about donating organs. This new strategy is about a few things:

- Improve consent rates from relatives to above 80% (currently 57%) in all cases. This will be done by preventing families from overriding the consent.
- Bring the deceased donor rate up to 26 per million of the population (currently 19 pmp).
- Increase the number of patients receiving a transplant to 74 per million of the population (currently 49 pmp)

 

Opinion:
I think this is a good plan, because a lot of patients die while they could have gotten a donated organ. In my opinion people know too little about donating organs and attach too much importance to their organs when they die. They won’t need them any more when they die. I know there are people with other religions and I will respect that too. Still, I thing that families shouldn’t overrule the wish of the patient. This is what he or she wanted, to help someone who is sick to have a better life.