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A good friend of mine lost a family member to an auto accident and he told me the strangest story. He said his family didn't know for some hours of the death until later in the day they got a call asking all kinds of questions about the family members medical history. After some digging it was found out that they were harvesting his organs without permission from the family. They had already removed some parts when they were told to stop. The person who died did not give permission on the drivers license so the family has no idea who gave them permission. Does anyone here have any experience with Organ Donation. The family thinks the group who was contacting them makes money out of it I'm not so sure.
It's possible friends of this person who died that were at the hospital gave permission it was known that friends of this person were at the location of the accident and hospital within 30 minutes. I can only think the hospital assumed these people were his family members.
Hmm…usually you make that call if you are a legal adult. If not your parents or closest kin do. I have organ donor on my license. If that is not the case and the family didn't authorize it it sounds like a big problem. They need to find out who gave them permission.
Can't give much more detail it happened recently to the parents of a 20 year old who died so I'm thinking was a strange story and since I have not known anyone who has had a family member die and donate organs. Wonder how Organ transplant industry works. I also have organ donor on my license as well I really don't care what they do with my body after I'm done with it.
The hospital would make VERY sure to have everything legal - i.e., permission from the person(deceased), nearest relative, etc. - I really doubt this story.
Perhaps the deceased had a living will or had notated that they wanted to be a donor. The family has NO say!
I'm planning to be a "living donor" for my husband who desperately needs a kidney to live a normal life. Dialysis is horrible,even while sustaining life.
Please...if anyone wants to be a donor...MAKE IT KNOWN! It's a noble thing...so many folks need help!
In Oregon, as in many other states, individuals can give their permission to be an organ donor in many ways including a centralized registry where they preauthorize the donation. Drivers licenses are one way but by no means the only way. These other systems exist as a way for the person to donate as they want without concern that the family will disrespect and ignore their wishes and impose their own desires inconsistent with the deceased wishes by saying no. By preauthorizing the donation, you're basically telling family to butt the heck out of your decision.
OP didn't come back, I know when my husband passed away, he was an organ donor on D/L - they called me w/lots of questions regarding foreign travel, etc. - as I said, I don't think the "story" the friend told was legitimate.
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