Wales has stated that they have implemented a new system to try to get more people to participate in organ donation. It is not secret that organ donation can save lives, but Wales is determined to get more participants to do it.
WALES NEW SYSTEM FOR ORGAN DONATION
The Welsh Government has posted some amazing statistics on the state of the organ donation as we speak. According to Welsh, 1,082,991 people in Wales have opted in for organ donation, 34% of the people, and that 85,944 people have declined, only 3% of the total population. That is an amazing difference in people willing to save another person’s life to the people who want no part of it. Also according to Welsh, there are 224 people that are on the waiting list for an organ transplant in Wales right now, eight of them being children, and that 14 people have died in Wales while waiting for a transplant.
Welsh also stated how the opt-out system for organ donation will apply. According to Welsh, eligible people are those who are 18 years of age and over and those who have lived in Wales for at least one year. Welsh then states that a person will become a potential donor by either registering their decision to participate or by doing nothing at all. Welsh continues that everyone is considered to be a participant unless they tell Wales that they do not want to be. Also, it is mentioned by Welsh, if families are aware that one of their loved one’s does not want to partake in organ donation, they can tell a doctor and then that particular loved one will be exempted.
According to the Ministers of Wales, now over two-thirds of the population is aware of the changes and that they hope that they continue to see an increase in the number of participants. Wales has done something amazing here, as it gives more people a chance to survive that are in need of a new organ.
