Support Organ Donation Essay

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Organ donation is also called or known as organ transplant, which the doctor perform a surgical procedure for patients to remove the damaged organ and transplant a new organ into patient’s body. The Medical Development Division, Ministry of Health Malaysia said that the lives of patients can be improved through organ transplant and organ donation can save lives (Living organ donation: what You need to know, 2011). There are only 458 people who are deceased have donated their organs from 1976 to March 31 2014. There are only 250,052 people or less than one percent of the nation population which is 30 million that have agreed to donate their organs for the patients. On 31 March 2014, there were 18,113 kidney patients who are on the lists waiting for organ …show more content…

People do not take this matter seriously as they are not concern about other lives. Government should play an important to support organ donation among the society. Malaysia government has collaborated with some agencies and non-governmental organisations, organised a campaign to help the society create awareness to register as organ donors to save lives ( Sarban 2014). The purpose of the campaign is to educate people about the importance of organ donation as the number of patients who need organs transplant is increasing everyday. Public awareness of organ donation can bring more outcomes than they had expected. Furthermore, the government should also encourage people to practice a healthy lifestyle to prevent illness that may causing damages to their organs such as liver, lungs, kidney and heart. In addition, the government should explain more about the organs transplant procedure and the technology used in organs

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