Maybe I just missed this in the news, but I only heard about this now that I was researching how to become an Organ Donor. I think it’s a great idea, I’ll have no use for my organs when I’m in the ground, and if someone does have an issue they can simply opt out.
Oh wow. This is great, no, I hadn’t heard either I don’t think.
Fantastic idea, wtf do i need them for when im dead?
Passed and signed into law in February…
Makes sense.
I think this is a good thing. I wanted to be an organ donor but didn’t have the heart
Wales has had this for a while. Does the Irish version still need consent of next of kin?
Finally!!
It should have been done about 20 years ago, but better later than never I suppose.
This way the people who actually have given it thought and feel strongly about not donating their organs will have their wishes respected, whilst more people who dgaf will automatically be donating and hopefully save lives.
My brother had cancer 21 years ago and donors made a huge difference in his journey and that of plenty of other people getting lifesaving treatment that you meet along the way.
Best of luck whoever gets mine
And not before time! I suspect most people wouldn’t mind donating their organs, but equally don’t like thinking about death and taking steps to opt in. A sensible reform.
I’d be honoured honestly. Imagine being dead and your heart is going on holidays in the south of Spain having a gas time or some mad shit.
Ye can have mine, I’ll have no use for whatever’s left that still works.
I hope I’ve something worth salvaging when my bucket is kicked. I’m still carrying around my organ donor card I’ve had since I was 16. I’ve never understood the aversion to it tbh.
I was sat in a drs office with my dad who was dadding his way through pamphlets and handed me one. I said “organ donation?” He said “you don’t need them when you’re dead.” Couldn’t argue with that logic so I’ve kept it on me ever since 🥹
This is great news for people awaiting transplants. However the final say is with the family even if donor has expressely wished to donate.
There’s going to to be a lot of Irish livers that are totally unsuitable for donation.
This is undoubtedly great and a step in the right direction, but just to clear up some misinformation about what this means.
Generally, it’s only really people on life support who can donate. Let’s say someone is in a road traffic accident, or has a heart attack at home and they are pronounced dead at the scene, by the time they get to the hospital it’s too late to take the organs.
Previously, if someone is in the hospital, before the plug is pulled, the family are approached to ask if they’d like to donate the organs. The family would all have to be in agreement to say yes. Now, it will still be cleared with the family to say that the organs are going to be donated, but the family can object and then the organs won’t be used.
So, while this is a positive, it’s not transformative. There’s not suddenly going to be a stockpile of kidneys or lungs available for transplant, but instead, hopefully, there will be 1 or 2 extra people a year whose organs will be donated, which will be life changing for the people who receive them.
Always remember you are still technally alive when the doctors deem you dead in order to harvest your organs…
It’s about time.
How are you meant to enjoy the afterlife without your organs???
I can’t donate blood so years ago I ensured I could at least still be an organ donor. I was pretty happy when this came in.
My husband was a bit worried they’ll take his brain and said they can have his body but they aren’t taking his brain since the brain is him. I had to tell him the difference between organ donation and donating to science and research. How brain transplants are science fiction and beside that it would probably be best categorised a whole body transplant.
Im split on this issue.
I understand we have people waiting for organs but I also want doctors to fight to keep me alive instead of just thinking about the patient down the hall waiting for an organ
I hope my organs can be donated when I die. You wouldn’t scrap a car without salvaging the useable/saleable parts, do the same with me!
oh, what do they want next, the skin off my back!
I mean, take it if you need it, I won’t be bothered.
Live scenes of Cavan people overloading HSE servers trying to opt out.
Unless it was me being asked a simple yes/no question at a routine GP visit I don’t think I’d ever opt in, but by similar logic I’d never opt out either.
It seems like a good change to me, I’d eat a shoe if I was the only one with this mindset.
Good – as far as I’m concerned, they can help themselves to anything they like that still works, and put the rest of me on my compost heap!
Seems sensible.
I think this is a good idea, and organ donation is good, but the evidence shows that this policy doesn’t increase organ donation rates.
>But does an opt-out default truly achieve the ultimate goal of increasing actual organ donation rates? Numerous other factors may hinder organ donation, including an absence of necessary and effective infrastructure (e.g., national transplant coordination network and adequately trained medical personnel), religious beliefs, a lack of public awareness about organ donation, and family objections.4, 5, 6, 7 In nations where informed consent is a cornerstone of healthcare and families have rights over the deceased’s remains, obtaining permission from next of kin remains necessary even in an opt-out organ donation system.7 Merely transitioning to an opt-out system may not automatically eliminate barriers to donation. It is therefore imperative to assess the system’s effectiveness in improving actual donation rates.
If you want your organs donated, it is still good to actively record this preference with a donor card, in your will, and/or telling your relatives. If you take no action and assume that your organs will be donated, there is still a good chance that your relatives will opt not to donate if they were unsure of your wishes.
Do they take eyes, or corneas, or how does that work? Do they just lob out the whole eyeball for whatever they need?
I know it sounds stupid and I know I wouldn’t know but I wouldn’t like my body to be eyeless. You can strip every other useful thing on or in me but leave me my eyeballs, please!
When I was a kid I was terrified of the concept of organ donation. I was working under the assumption that being an organ donor meant that a crack team of specialists could just come and take your bits whenever they needed them, regardless of how alive you were.
I think donations should be voluntary,like giving blood
I’m happy to give blood every 3 months,think more should be done to increase organ (and bone marrow) donations,but im uncomfortable with someone’s organs potentially being taken involuntary
Let the harvest begin! But seriously, this is a great move
Good 😊
A younger me would be a bit upset over this.
But now just strip me for part, especially the cooler smaller transplants like tendons.
Legally it can’t. Next of kin will always have to give permission.
Is opting out easy?
I have 115 already on my license so no change for me. Organ donation is a duty imho
In Singapore if you opt out you can’t receive an organ from another.
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Maybe I just missed this in the news, but I only heard about this now that I was researching how to become an Organ Donor. I think it’s a great idea, I’ll have no use for my organs when I’m in the ground, and if someone does have an issue they can simply opt out.
Oh wow. This is great, no, I hadn’t heard either I don’t think.
Fantastic idea, wtf do i need them for when im dead?
Passed and signed into law in February…
Makes sense.
I think this is a good thing. I wanted to be an organ donor but didn’t have the heart
Wales has had this for a while. Does the Irish version still need consent of next of kin?
Finally!!
It should have been done about 20 years ago, but better later than never I suppose.
This way the people who actually have given it thought and feel strongly about not donating their organs will have their wishes respected, whilst more people who dgaf will automatically be donating and hopefully save lives.
My brother had cancer 21 years ago and donors made a huge difference in his journey and that of plenty of other people getting lifesaving treatment that you meet along the way.
Best of luck whoever gets mine
And not before time! I suspect most people wouldn’t mind donating their organs, but equally don’t like thinking about death and taking steps to opt in. A sensible reform.
I’d be honoured honestly. Imagine being dead and your heart is going on holidays in the south of Spain having a gas time or some mad shit.
Ye can have mine, I’ll have no use for whatever’s left that still works.
I hope I’ve something worth salvaging when my bucket is kicked. I’m still carrying around my organ donor card I’ve had since I was 16. I’ve never understood the aversion to it tbh.
I was sat in a drs office with my dad who was dadding his way through pamphlets and handed me one. I said “organ donation?” He said “you don’t need them when you’re dead.” Couldn’t argue with that logic so I’ve kept it on me ever since 🥹
This is great news for people awaiting transplants. However the final say is with the family even if donor has expressely wished to donate.
There’s going to to be a lot of Irish livers that are totally unsuitable for donation.
This is undoubtedly great and a step in the right direction, but just to clear up some misinformation about what this means.
Generally, it’s only really people on life support who can donate. Let’s say someone is in a road traffic accident, or has a heart attack at home and they are pronounced dead at the scene, by the time they get to the hospital it’s too late to take the organs.
Previously, if someone is in the hospital, before the plug is pulled, the family are approached to ask if they’d like to donate the organs. The family would all have to be in agreement to say yes. Now, it will still be cleared with the family to say that the organs are going to be donated, but the family can object and then the organs won’t be used.
So, while this is a positive, it’s not transformative. There’s not suddenly going to be a stockpile of kidneys or lungs available for transplant, but instead, hopefully, there will be 1 or 2 extra people a year whose organs will be donated, which will be life changing for the people who receive them.
Always remember you are still technally alive when the doctors deem you dead in order to harvest your organs…
It’s about time.
How are you meant to enjoy the afterlife without your organs???
I can’t donate blood so years ago I ensured I could at least still be an organ donor. I was pretty happy when this came in.
My husband was a bit worried they’ll take his brain and said they can have his body but they aren’t taking his brain since the brain is him. I had to tell him the difference between organ donation and donating to science and research. How brain transplants are science fiction and beside that it would probably be best categorised a whole body transplant.
Im split on this issue.
I understand we have people waiting for organs but I also want doctors to fight to keep me alive instead of just thinking about the patient down the hall waiting for an organ
I hope my organs can be donated when I die. You wouldn’t scrap a car without salvaging the useable/saleable parts, do the same with me!
oh, what do they want next, the skin off my back!
I mean, take it if you need it, I won’t be bothered.
https://i.redd.it/c8e9tk1y925e1.gif
Live scenes of Cavan people overloading HSE servers trying to opt out.
Unless it was me being asked a simple yes/no question at a routine GP visit I don’t think I’d ever opt in, but by similar logic I’d never opt out either.
It seems like a good change to me, I’d eat a shoe if I was the only one with this mindset.
Good – as far as I’m concerned, they can help themselves to anything they like that still works, and put the rest of me on my compost heap!
Seems sensible.
I think this is a good idea, and organ donation is good, but the evidence shows that this policy doesn’t increase organ donation rates.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S003335062400355X
>But does an opt-out default truly achieve the ultimate goal of increasing actual organ donation rates? Numerous other factors may hinder organ donation, including an absence of necessary and effective infrastructure (e.g., national transplant coordination network and adequately trained medical personnel), religious beliefs, a lack of public awareness about organ donation, and family objections.4, 5, 6, 7 In nations where informed consent is a cornerstone of healthcare and families have rights over the deceased’s remains, obtaining permission from next of kin remains necessary even in an opt-out organ donation system.7 Merely transitioning to an opt-out system may not automatically eliminate barriers to donation. It is therefore imperative to assess the system’s effectiveness in improving actual donation rates.
If you want your organs donated, it is still good to actively record this preference with a donor card, in your will, and/or telling your relatives. If you take no action and assume that your organs will be donated, there is still a good chance that your relatives will opt not to donate if they were unsure of your wishes.
Do they take eyes, or corneas, or how does that work? Do they just lob out the whole eyeball for whatever they need?
I know it sounds stupid and I know I wouldn’t know but I wouldn’t like my body to be eyeless. You can strip every other useful thing on or in me but leave me my eyeballs, please!
When I was a kid I was terrified of the concept of organ donation. I was working under the assumption that being an organ donor meant that a crack team of specialists could just come and take your bits whenever they needed them, regardless of how alive you were.
I think donations should be voluntary,like giving blood
I’m happy to give blood every 3 months,think more should be done to increase organ (and bone marrow) donations,but im uncomfortable with someone’s organs potentially being taken involuntary
Let the harvest begin! But seriously, this is a great move
Good 😊
A younger me would be a bit upset over this.
But now just strip me for part, especially the cooler smaller transplants like tendons.
Legally it can’t. Next of kin will always have to give permission.
Is opting out easy?
I have 115 already on my license so no change for me. Organ donation is a duty imho
In Singapore if you opt out you can’t receive an organ from another.
Honestly seems fair
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