After just seeing this on skynews and proposes for new changes in the law I decided to make a poll to see what your views are.
My views are that Id donate organs too but Im just to idle to apply for a donation card and I assume lots of people also think that way.
I personally think that the law should be that all people should be donars unless they have specifically stated before dying that they dont wish to be.
Im sure lots of lives could be saved this way and hospitals freed of bed by people occupying them for long terms whilst waiting for donars.
Imagine how many people who have to go through the ordeal of dialysis on a weekly basis for years waiting to receive a kidney transplant from a donar . If these people could find donars a lot quicker then doctors and nurses who are currently being used to treat these patients could be freed up to carry out other duties and thus reduce waiting queues in hospitals.
Ok heres the original report from Sky please post your views :
CONSENT OVERHAUL CALLS
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A proposal to change organ donor laws could see consent being regarded as automatic unless people actively state otherwise.
Doctors are calling for an overhaul to donation procedures, claiming the current system falls far short of meeting a growing demand.
The British Medical Association supports a move towards an opt-out system where, for adults, consent for transplantation is presumed.
There would be safeguards for people who do not wish to donate their organs or for those whose family would be seriously distressed if donation were to proceed.
The existing system sees people carrying cards if they wish to donate an organ, a so-called opt-in system.
There is an increasing need for organs for donation, with the gap between demand and supply growing all the time.
For example, at any one time 15,000 people are on kidney dialysis and need a transplant.
The average wait is one to three years, with dialysis costing £30,000 per person per year.
Surveys show that many people would be willing to be organ donors, but do not carry the requisite card.
For this reason, doctors believe the opt-in system would see more organs becoming available.
http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0...990160,00.html
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