Organ donation
- Why ?
To save lives. Every year more than 11,000 people need a transplantorgans to continue to live or live better.
- How is the sample taken?
The levyorgans is possible only in case of encephalic death or brain death. That is to say, as soon as the final operation of the brain stops. It is a very rare condition, hence the lack of donors. The heart and breathing are kept artificially alive, only a few hours, to oxygenate the organs likely to be transplanted.
When the family has given its authorization for the sampling, it is done with the same care and attention as for a conventional surgical procedure. The organs These samples are then allocated to patients waiting for transplants, in accordance with the rules established by the Minister of Health and applied only by the Biomedicine Agency.
In France organ donation is anonymous, unlike other countries.
- Who can give?
If a person is totally against the organ donation it must register on the national refusal register (see the website of the Biomedicine Agency below). If the deceased is not registered, the medical team must make sure with his relatives that he has never mentioned a total refusal during his lifetime. The best is to have a donor card in his papers. Hence the importance of approaching the subject with his family.
- Or ?
To learn more about organ donation, visit the website of the Biomedicine Agency by clicking here.
