Would you donate your organs?

[kuzman89]

that might be for blood, but its not for organs. Donate life outlines you still can. so... gimme!! haha

 

[Drawnnite]

Australia isn't particulary religeous in terms of 'i need my organs for the afterlife' or anything so what would you say would be the main reasons for people being against donation?

Laziness, seriously who in aus isnt lazy and laid back.
we are a nation of "can we really be bothered" when it comes to these things.

 

[monkeys437]

thanks for the feedback monkeys, I will keep that in mind as to one reason some people may not wish to register.

Here is the donatelife response:

Doctors won’t work as hard to save my life if they
know I’m a donor.
Reality:
Not so. Medical staff do everything possible to save lives.
Their first duty is to you and saving your life. Organ and
tissue donation will only be considered after all efforts
fail and you have been legally declared dead. Usually, the
Australian Organ Donor Register is only checked after you
have died.
In most cases, a person may only be able to donate organs
where they have been declared brain dead in an intensive
care unit in hospital. Brain death is when blood circulation
to the brain ceases, and the brain stops functioning and
dies with no possibility of recovery. A series of tests carried
out by two independent and appropriately qualified senior
doctors establishes that brain death has occurred.
People are sometimes confused about the difference
between brain death and coma. Brain death is completely
different from coma. A patient in a coma is unconscious
because their brain is injured in some way, but their brain
can continue to function and may heal. Medical tests can
clearly distinguish between brain death and coma.

Thanks for that info mate its definitely got me thinking. Im surprised its a FAQ most people Ive mentioned my line of reasoning too think its a bit left field.

 

[Darren_L]

I would if donation was conditional
I don't want my organs donated to a drug junkie who has had organ failure due to blatant abuse of their bodies and more than likely will continue to after the transplant.
I've looked after myself (never smoked, hardly ever drink) so I don't want my organs wasted on someone who is just going to stuff them up due to their bad lifestyle choices.

I realise I won't care when I'm 6ft under, but I do care now.

 

[oska]

i have a very close friend who got a kidney and pancreas and to date she is the longest pancreas recipient survivor in aus

if i helps others why not when your dead your dead

if you've done nothing else in life to help others make it your gift when you die

 

[1SIKR8]

giving everything except my eyes, the eyes are the window to the soul and i'd be ####ed if someone is gonna get around with my eyes anything else sure they can have it, im done using it lol

 

[1TUFVS]

My license says I'm donating organs after death, so I suppose that's my answer.

 

[oska]

My license says I'm donating organs after death, so I suppose that's my answer.

sorry mate but this government still requires your next of kin to say yes even though you've signed off on it

laws in this country is so stuffed up

 

[old mate]

on the subject of drugbags getting organs from donors.

#### them. let them die.

 

[oska]

on the subject of drugbags getting organs from donors.

#### them. let them die.

they don't and should never