Organ donation in Ontario

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Organ donor for a long time -
if someone else can use them all the power to them better than becoming a feast for bugs.

I can't imagine ever waiting for an organ for a family member knowing that there are people who die every day who for what ever reason are not willing to sign their card.

and yes family has the final say - I told all of them I would come back and haunt them for the rest of their lives if they went against my wishes!
 
Buttercupprincess said:
I can't imagine ever waiting for an organ for a family member knowing that there are people who die every day who for what ever reason are not willing to sign their card.
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I can, been there done that. and yes it does suck.
 
Ontario Gov Launched a new website today http://beadonor.ca/
Makes it much easier to register as a donor.
 
I have already signed up to donate my ORGANS* all of them. and i already donate blood
 
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frekeyguy said:
I have already signed up to donate my orange, all of them. and i already donate blood
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I'm sure the oranges would be appreciated, but I think the transplant recipient might prefer a heart or lungs or something :-D
 
Also, some people are worried that there is a black-market organ trade, and that an unscrupulous doctor will sell your innards when you go in to get that hang-nail removed.

Or less nefariously: what if you were a ER doctor, and you have a kid dying in one room, needs a heart/liver/etc to stay alive. In the next room, you have a 90yo guy with a signed organ donor card and a perfect organ, that you could save... what would you do?
 
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That website is really slow... Keeps timing out on me. Soon I'll have my health card number memorized. I already remember my DOB...
 
El Zilcho said:
That website is really slow... Keeps timing out on me. Soon I'll have my health card number memorized. I already remember my DOB...
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Same here. Haven't gotten through it yet.
 
CrazyKell said:
Same here. Haven't gotten through it yet.
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The site went live today so I would assume that there are many people trying to access it.
 
dyno said:
The site went live today so I would assume that there are many people trying to access it.
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This is not the first time that someone creates a website for something and the first thing it does is that is goes down under the interest. :(
 
frekeyguy said:
I have already signed up to donate my orange, all of them. and i already donate blood
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Ash said:
I'm sure the oranges would be appreciated, but I think the transplant recipient might prefer a heart or lungs or something :-D
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LMAO! ....ppl think I am going crazy at work now....

that's what happens when your eating a $0.99 orange.......
 
Buttercupprincess said:
Organ donor for a long time -
if someone else can use them all the power to them better than becoming a feast for bugs.

I can't imagine ever waiting for an organ for a family member knowing that there are people who die every day who for what ever reason are not willing to sign their card.

and yes family has the final say - I told all of them I would come back and haunt them for the rest of their lives if they went against my wishes!
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its a free country. people can freely decide what they want to do with their body when they die.
 
As a response to the OP - registration of intent to donate organs is a fairly recent change to the system. Before the donor card was 'enough' ... I think awareness of the need to register is probably a bigger problem. As for me, I've had my donor card filled out ever since I got my donorcycle license. :P

To register: http://www.ontario.ca/en/services_for_residents/ONT05_039074.html
 
It should be a given that you're a donor, and you have to sign NOT to be donor.
 
imnothng said:
It should be a given that you're a donor, and you have to sign NOT to be donor.
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Did you ever see Meaning Of Life? Assigning rights to your body parts to the government by default might not be a good idea. However they shouldn't tie it to having a driver's license (pretty much everyone gets their donor card in the mail with their license), as they aren't quite ubiquitous anymore.
 
I don't think I've ever been presented with the opportunity to sign up as a donor, and I've never felt the need to seek it out on my own. With that being said Im totally not opposed to it so if I was ever asked to sign on, I'd do it.
 
I still have an old red and white health card, and have no reason to change it. I do always carry my donor card in my wallet. If I'm dead and gone, why not try to save someone elses life and save more people from the grief of losing a loved one. It's bad enough I die, why not prevent another persons death?
 
Im signed up to be a donor and also signed up with onematch.ca which is a worldwide database for bone marrow and blood etc.

My grandmother signed up to donate her body to science. Was a very interesting chat with the family but its her body and she wants to do some good with it.

I think we are dead anyways and perhaps how we die we wont have our organs anyways so whats the difference? I say help someone else live. One person can help so many.
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