MYTH If the family agrees to donation doctors will not try hard to save the patient FACT When you go to a hospital for treatment doctors focus on saving your life not somebody elses The Option to donate organs is offered only after the person is medically declared dead ID: 1010555
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1. Myths & facts about Organ Donation
2. MYTH: If the family agrees to donation, doctors will not try hard to save the patientFACT: When you go to a hospital for treatment, doctors focus on saving your life – not somebody else’s. The Option to donate organs is offered only after the person is medically declared dead. The doctor in charge of your care has nothing to do with transplantation.
3. MYTH: Donors family will have to pay more money to the hospitalFACT: After declaration of death, the hospital bears all expenses of artificially supporting the donor.
4. MYTH: What if I recover from brain death?FACT: It is impossible to recover from brain death - it is not the sameas comaIn fact, people who have agreed to organ donation have additional tests (at no cost to the family) to determine that they are truly brain dead
5. MYTH: If I donate organs, I will be born without them in next birthFACT: Organs are destroyed anyway when you are crematedThe physical body does not survive death, so the organs hold no relevance even if you believe in rebirth
6. MYTH: Religions forbid organ donation and transplantationFACT: All major faiths support organ donation as a humanitarian actProminent religious leaders have also endorsed
7. MYTH: Organ donation mutilates the bodyFACT: Donated organs are removed surgically, which doesn't disfigure the body Also since the donor’s body is clothed for cremation, there are no visible signs of donation
8. MYTH -There are certain things that can keep me from being an organ donor such as age, illness or physical defects.Fact:Each person’s medical condition is evaluated at the time of their death to determine what organs and tissues are viable for donation. Many diseases that were once considered to exclude organ donation are no longer considered a barrier. Examples include hepatitis and diabetes.
9. Myth:If you are rich or a celebrity, you can move up the waiting list more quickly. Fact:Severity of illness, time spent waiting, blood type and match potential are the factors that determine your place on the waiting list.A patient’s income, race or social status is never taken into account in the allocation process.
10. MYTH: If I donate my organs it will cause delays to my funeral arrangementsFACT:Yes there is a possibility. However, given the altruistic nature of the donation, families usually accept this and take it as part of the process of donation.
11. MYTH: It is enough if I have a donor cardFACT:No. Just having a donor card is not enough. You need to carry it at all times and also inform your relatives about your wishes so that they honour your wish at the moment of truth.
12. MYTH: Once I become an organ donor I can never change my mindFACT:You always have the option to change your mind. You can withdraw your registration, tear up your organ donor card and let your family know that you have changed your mind.
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