Why People Choose To Become An Organ Donor

Donating Organs is very important, there are many lives that are saved thanks to organ donors, and there are also lives that are lost because there is not enough organ donors. Thousands of Americans are currently on waiting lists for certain types of organs and they will continue to be on the waiting lists until someone donates the right match to them. Organs are so important and vital to human life, there is no medicine that can cure a damaged organ, the only way to get a new organ if you need one is an replacement from a donor. Every single day around twenty-one people die in the US just because the organ they needed was not donated in time. Forty-Five percent of adults in the US are registered as organ donors, “YES I haven’t signed up

“Humanistic or Religious Duty, Positive Consideration for Others, Living on Through a Receiver, Gift of Life, and Close Others” are all reasons people decide to become a organ donor, they range from the religious views to people thinking they are doing a good deed. The organs that are donated are all important, but there are different types, in one of the article’s it says that “Kidneys, lungs, intestines, pancreas, and the heart can all be donated” are all examples of the organs that can be used. Women are more often the donor than the recipient of organs, the man is usually the one that gets the organ. Nearly 2 out of 3 people that are on the waiting list for organs are over the age of 50. The organ transplants are also more effective when the donor and the recipient of the organ are the same

The article says that “People of all ages and medical histories should consider themselves potential donors.” So everyone could be a potential donor. Organ donors are needed for all races and ethnic groups. The only way a donor is considered for a donation is when they are brain dead. The medical condition you have at the time of donation will determine which your organs and tissue will be donated. If you're an organ donor, you can still have an open casket funeral and it does not cost the donors family money. The organ donation will be done after your death and then when you have your funeral you will not be able to tell that you have had your organs removed. There are thousands of Americans that are on the waiting list for an organ donation. A new person is added to the waiting list for a donation every ten minutes. There is a organ transplant procedure done every day to about eighty people. Every day there are people that die because the organ that they needed is not donated in time for them. There should be more organ donors so the people on the waiting list will not be as big and they can the right procedure done to them. “people die each day because the organ they need is not donated in time” this was a quote from the