Each of us can become an organ donation ambassador

According to the reporter of the Young Journalists Club of Tabriz, Farhad Choopani had suffered brain death 18 days ago due to an accident and in a godly act and with the consent of his family, five organs of his body were donated to kidney, heart and liver patients and gave them a second life, the body of this young man was buried today in his hometown of Yingjeh village of Azarshahr. (Publishdate: November 4, 2020)

The effect of the brain-dead family's awareness of the difference between brain death and coma is important for organ donation satisfaction:

Unlike a coma, there is no way for a person who has died of brain death due to brain and stem death to recover.  To confirm brain death, neurosurgeons, internal medicine and anesthesiology specialists are invited separately to visit the patient and confirm or deny the brain death to the donor.  These specialists are selected directly from the ministry without the intervention of a single unit. Unfortunately, many relatives of the brain dead person, due to lack of necessary knowledge, think that their loved one will return like a comatose person, but it is a misconception!  Within a few weeks, the complete death of the person will lead to brain death.

One of the reasons some families are reluctant to donate their beloved brain-dead organ is to deny brain death.  Because they think that when their loved one moves his chest, he is alive!  While they do not realize that their loved one's heart is beating due to artificial respiration, they do not know that after several days during the production of toxins in the body, the heart of the brain dead person will definitely stop moving.

Therefore, each of us can become an organ donation ambassador by registering an organ donation card and talking about this issue in the family and friends, and provide the role of creating awareness of families about the difference between brain death and coma.

With a good health wish

Thank you for trying to save a human life

Translator : Javad Eynaki Maleki

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