ORGANS DONATION
>>WHAT IS IT?
An organ donation is when a person allows an organ of their own to be removed and transplanted to another person, legally, either by consent while the donor is alive or dead with the assent of next of kin. Common transplantations include for example: kidneys, heart, liver, pancreas, lungs, skin, corneas…
>>>How to be an organ donor
Would you like to be an organ donor?
Firstly, you must have the donor card that it’s a document that testify your wish of being an organ donor after your death. Although the card hasn’t got a legal value. You must communicate to your family your wish of being an organ donor in order to claim that after your death they will allow the removal of your organs.
In case the donation its “post mortem”, the donor must be under medical assistance before the death, to keep the blood oxygenate.