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Old Feb 1, 2007, 11:15 pm   #1 (permalink) (top)
pikatore
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Make organ donation compulsory

Make organ donation on death compulsory. You save more lives.

First point. From a purely economical point of view, its a horrible waste letting a dead person's body rot away in a grave, complete with organs that could be used for someone who still needs them.

Secondly, it is an altruistic gesture (in a sense), since through your death, you are helping other people live or enjoy a better quality of life.

I think we should start pulling away from old-fashioned ideologies and stubborn insistence on things such as rights (should dead people have rights in that sense?!) and realise that it would be a massive help to the health system.
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