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Since I ride bicycles and motorcycles there is a reasonable chance that I'll be in a position to donate organs one day, so for future reference here's how it should play out:
-Flick the switch if it looks unlikely I'll rise and shine
-Take any usable organs and give them a new home
-Give the rest to a medical school for the budding students to slice and dice
-Once they've done what they can, feed the everything remaining to the fish
Reuse and recycle!
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There is a big shortage of human organs for transplant operations.
Over half of the 105,000 Americans on the national transplant waiting list will die before they get a transplant. Most of these deaths are needless. Americans bury or cremate about 20,000 transplantable organs every year. Over 9,000 of our neighbors suffer and die needlessly every year as a result.
There is a simple way to put a big dent in the organ shortage -- give organs first to people who have agreed to donate their own organs when they die.
Giving organs first to organ donors will convince more people to register as organ donors. It will also make the organ allocation system fairer. People who aren't willing to share the gift of life should go to the back of the waiting list as long as there is a shortage of organs.
Anyone who wants to donate their organs to others who have agreed to donate theirs can join LifeSharers. LifeSharers is a non-profit network of organ donors who agree to offer their organs first to other organ donors when they die. Membership is free at www.lifesharers.org or by calling 1-888-ORGAN88. There is no age limit, parents can enroll their minor children, and no one is excluded due to any pre-existing medical condition.
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