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More Malaysians pledge to donate their organs |
| Article date: 09 Feb 2009 |
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KUALA LUMPUR: After years of appealing to Malaysians to
donate organs, the effort is slowly paying off.
National Transplant Resource
Centre (NTRC) procurement manager Datin Dr Lela Yasmin Mansor said in the
first 29 days of this year 12 families had come forward to donate the
organs of their deceased loved ones.
However, only the kidneys and
tissues of three of them were harvested. The others were rejected because
of the nature of their illnesses and the condition of their
organs.
"There were many who died in road accidents this month and
we had hoped to get their organs but unfortunately we did not," Dr Lela
said.
She expressed the hope that families of accident victims
would come forward and donate the organs of their deceased members as
those who died in road accidents were usually young and healthy.
"We really hope to
get more organ donors this year compared with the previous years," she
told the New Straits Times.
Last year, 26 donors donated 13
kidneys, four livers, 13 heart valves, 20 corneas and four
bones.
Up to the end of last year, a total of 122,301 Malaysians
pledged their organs and they comprised 74,131 Chinese, 28,713 Indians,
and 16,023 Malays. Most of those who pledged their organs were
female.
Dr Lela said last year NTRC spent RM2 million to create
awareness of organ donation.
"We placed advertisements on organ
donation to create greater awareness of its importance and we want to
target increasing this awareness among schoolchildren."
The centre
is in the midst of providing information kits on organ donation to
schoolchildren and adults.
In 2007, the authorities harvested three
hearts, five livers, two lungs, eight heart valves, 16 corneas and five
bones from 25 brain-dead patients.
In 2006, there were also 25
organ donors who donated 13 kidneys, a heart, six livers, a lung, 16 heart
valves, 19 corneas, three skin implants and six bones. Between 1976 and
last year, 206 people donated 435 organs and tissues.
Dr Lela said
there was a dire need for organs such as heart, lungs, liver and
kidneys.
Those who want to donate their organs or wish to get more
information can contact the National Transplant Resource Centre, Kuala
Lumpur Hospital at 03-26155555 ext 6576 or Kuala Lumpur Hospital at
03-26155555 ext 6576 or 03-26942705.
This article was originally published in NST Online.
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