HEART girl Tee Hui Yi's story, and that of the two organ donors, has touched Malaysians. They are now practically lining up to pledge their organs.
It's a "tsunami" of selflessness that has torn down a wall of resistance in the country, says chief national transplant co-ordinator of the National Transplant Resource Centre Dr Lela Yasmin Mansor.
However, there's a need to keep the interest going. And chairman of the Public Education Committee on organ donation Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye has suggested that MyKad be used as an organ donor card as well.
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Hands on: Dr Lela Yasmin Mansor (right), the chief coordinator of the National Transplant Resource Centre with Ng Chee Chin, 28 (left) and his sister Chee Yeeng, 31, who came to the centre yesterday to pledge their organs. It was a Sunday but Dr Lela obliged by registering them.
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- Several people turned up at the National Transplant Resource Centre (NTRC) at Hospital Kuala Lumpur, which is normally closed on Sunday. They made organ donation pledges when they found staff manning the centre.
- Forty-three people signed up at the Chukai Central Lions Club Organ Pledge Campaign in Kemaman, Terengganu, on Friday.
- Twenty-nine people pledged to be organ donors at the Gerakan National Delegates Conference in Kuala Lumpur over the weekend.
- Members of voluntary groups will be asked to help out with organ donation campaigns in shopping malls and hospitals and man the NTRC.
- The Islamic Development Department (Jakim) has come out to support organ donations, saying that "to save a life, the difference in religion must not be a barrier".
This article was originally published in theStar Online.
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