SHOULD WE DONATE OUR ORGANS OR NOT?

Organ donation is a hot topic in all countries and comes along with a lot of emotional and
moral questions . I think most people dont completely understand what organ donation
actually is and why it is so important. Also, most people, even medical professionals dont
care about organ donation until the time when they or a close family member or friend is
desperately in need of an organ transplantation. The main argument in favour of paid organ
donation would be that it would increase the number of available organs for donation, by
providing an incentive that the donor would consider as more useful to them than one of
their kidneys. In theory, this would result in the greatest amount of happiness for the
greatest number of people, so would be favoured by a utilitarian. The donors would benefit
from money that they need to lead a better life and the recipients would benefit from a new
organ that would hopefully save their life. However, looking at the situation from a
relativist approach, this argument is only valid as long as there is a significant increase in
donors coming forward, otherwise all the negative effects of the system would create more
of a problem than the gain from the insignificant raise in organs available. In fact, the
introduction of a paid organ donation system would be unlikely to significantly increase the
number of available kidneys in the indonesia, because most people would not give up a
body part for money. This is because it would be considered as potentially harmful and
dangerous to undergo such a procedure by the donor, as well as socially frowned upon to
sell body parts in the Indonesia, so any donor would most likely be shunned, and not many
people would be prepared to give up a precious and unique part of themselves for a sum of
money, no matter how much they needed that money. If anybody was willing to donate a
kidney, most probably as a result of personal experience (for example, a relative or friend
needing a transplant), they probably would have done so anyway without the money bonus,
so there would seem not much point in paying the donors. Most people can become an
organ donor. Many people choose to donate organs after their death. But someone can
donate certain organs, while he was still alive. These people are called "living donor." To
be a living donor, you must be in good health and physically fit, free from long-term

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illnesses such as diabetes or high blood pressure, free of mental health problems, and
between the ages of 18 and 60 years old.
Along with the progress and development of the times, the world is also experiencing its
development in various fields. One is the progress in the health sector which is a technique
of organ transplants. Organ transplantation is a medical technology for the replacement of
the patient's organs were not functioning organ of another individual. Until now research on
organ transplantation is still underway. Since the first successful transplantation of a kidney
from a donor form to patients with renal failure in 1954, developments in the field of
transplantation thrive. While organ transplantation is commonly done in Indonesia is the
removal of a tissue or organ between people, not between animals to humans, leading to the
notion that the transplant is the removal of all or part of organs from one body to another or
from one place to another in the same body. Transplantation is intended to replace a
damaged organ or does not function on the receiver. Currently in Indonesia, organ or tissue
transplants regulated in Law No. 23 of 1992 on Health. While its implementing regulations
stipulated in Government Regulation No. 18 of 1981 on the bodies of Clinical Surgery and
Surgical Anatomical corpse and Transplantation Network Equipment or the Human Body.
There are several reasons that Indonesia would reject organ transplants either from people
who are still healthy to dead people. It can be strengthened by the hadits Nabi SAW
Mematahkan tulang mayat seseorang adalah sama berdosa dan melanggarnya dengan
mematahkan tulang orang itu ketika ia masih hidup And in Indonesia there are also
supporting the implementation of organ transplant, because it is the same case with the help
of fellow human beings, especially the Muslims, as the word of Allah Dan saling tolong
menolonglah kamu dalam kebaikan dan taqwa dan janganlah kamu saling tolong monolong
dalam perbuatan dosa dan permusuhan (Qs.Al-Ma'ida 2). Thus, organ transplants are still
many disputed by the medical community or the theologians and many people.
Furthermore, in response to the idea that paid organ donation would encourage more people
to come forward to donate, people generally donate organs altruistically to do good to
society. If this motivation is taken away from them by paying donors, they will probably
not want to donate because they would no longer see it as a selfless act. Perhaps it would
be better if donation remained an altruistic act because one should have control over their

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own body, and it would be morally wrong to encourage people to remove their own organs
for money.

Cons of Organ Donation

Reasons against organ donation vary a lot depending on the individual. For some there are
religious reasons against organ donation, while for others their family beliefs may
contradict an intention to be a donor. In some religions for instance it may be believed that
organ donation could affect you in the after life. Likewise if you had any hopes of coming
back one way or another and intended to freeze yourself ala Walt Disney then organ
donation might stand in the way of that. Others might have a particular desire to be
cremated.However many of the perceived 'cons' of organ donation are not in fact cons at
all, but rather are based on misconceptions. For instance many individuals incorrectly
believe that if they donate organs that they or their family will then need to fund the cost of
the operation used to remove the organ. This is a fallacy, and in fact all costs will fall to the
recipient.
At the same time many people avoid becoming organ donors as they are afraid it will affect
their own medical treatment i.e. they believe that doctors and surgeons might not try to
the best of their ability to save them when they find out they are donors. However this
again is a fallacy as the surgeons involved in donations are completely different from those
who are going to be saving you. To them no one life is more important than another and
they are of course going to focus on saving the person in front of them.
For those that are not medically restricted from donating organs, the primary issue that
families have with it is an emotional one. Bodies are often kept on artificial life support to
keep the organs alive, meaning that a heartbeat and other body functions may still appear to
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be functioning. Organs are never medically taken unless there is no brain activity
whatsoever. This is confirmed before the process of organ donation begins. Some families
also may struggle with who receives the donated organs. There are stigmas that people
sometimes have against different races, religions, and ethnicities that may be found to be
bothersome. This social issue can even be enough to prevent people from choosing to be
organ donors at all because they cannot guarantee who would receive their organs should
something unforeseen happen

Pros of Organ Donation

On the other hand there are countless highly important reasons that you should donate
organs. First of all, by donating organs you will be able to save lives and that will make you
a true hero to that person and their family. If you have ever known someone who has
received an organ, then you will know just what an incredible gift this is. If you can save
someone from dying, then of course most of us would see this as a highly positive thing. At
the same time though, by being an organ donor can actually help you to save more than one
life rather it can help you to save several and a single donor may touch the lives of up to
50 people. This can also have more repercussions as you lead by example and convince
more people to do the same.
From a selfish point of view this is of course something that can make you feel highly good
and proud about yourself, and knowing you have the donor box ticked on your drivers'
license is a great source of pride for many. And for those who really want to live on in a
physical sense then actually donating organs is a way you can do this and in a sense then
a part of you will never die. Your organs will live on and go on to help someone else, and at
the same time your memory will of course live on for the grateful people who receive your
organs. Just one organ donation can save up to eight lives. How it saves lives depends on
the reason for the transplant. For some, it may mean the discontinuation of costly routine
treatments to continue life, such has kidney dialysis. For others, it could mean the gift of
sight is restored. Critical organs, like the heart, can provide a longer lifespan for those who
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receive the organ. With over 100,000 people in the United States alone waiting for a
transplant, there is a great need.
For those who have lost a loved one, organ transplants provide a sense of continuation of
those that have been prematurely lost. A donated heart continues pumping in the chest of
someone else, meaning a small piece of that loved one continues to survive and thrive, even
if they are not physically alive any more. This can provide an immense sense of comfort.
Some organs can be donated without a tragedy too. Portions of the liver, pancreas, lung,
and intestines can all be donated, as well as an entire kidney, with a minimal risk during the
surgery of complications. This often occurs on a family-to-family basis, but it is not
unheard of for strangers to donate organs to other strangers.
As with most arguments, there are always limitations that would undermine the discussion
if they arose. For example, if technology was developed so that stem cells could be grown
into kidneys or mechanical kidneys could be created and used, then the Indonesia would no
longer need to consider methods of increasing organ availability, like paid donation. If
there was no longer a need for more kidney donations then this argument would be invalid
also, either from cures being found to kidney diseases so that kidney transplants are not
needed, or from an alternative organ donation system being introduced so there are already
enough available organs. Not everyone can become an organ donor, so the choice isnt
always available to everyone. For those that can donate organs, however, the fact that up to
eight lives could be saved because of something you chose to do means that your gift of life
can continue to provide life, even if you are gone. Thats why so many people choose to
become organ donors.

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