Voter ID card with organ donation information
Mar 7, 2024 4:40:23 GMT
Post by account_disabled on Mar 7, 2024 4:40:23 GMT
Donating organs is a decision that is made with the firm purpose of benefiting someone who needs it to survive.
According to a report from the De las Heras Demotecnia survey , 76% of Mexicans are willing to donate their organs for medical purposes after dying, and only 17% reject the donation.
Furthermore, 44% of people agree with the possibility of receiving organs if necessary, on the contrary, 20% of the population surveyed do not agree.
At this moment at least 21,809 people are Chile Mobile Number List waiting to receive a transplant, which places our country among the 20 countries that make up the ranking of countries for transplant patients.
In Mexico, in previous driver's licenses, organ donation was "officially" stated on the driver's license. If the driver allowed it, the license would say: "Organ donor."
However, with the administrative renewal this seal disappeared. For this reason, the Congress of Mexico City proposed including in the voter ID the citizen's decision whether or not to accept, upon death, the donation of their organs, tissues and cells for transplant purposes.
Deputies Leticia Varela Martínez and Evelyn Parra Álvarez presented a proposal endorsed by local deputies in which they establish the need to encourage people of legal age to become donors because the demand for transplants is considerable and increasing.
The legislators consider that it is very useful to register this identification. The initiative will not generate extraordinary expenses and for citizens it will be gradual, that is, when the renewal of their credential is required it will be issued with the new format that is proposed, which will contribute to promoting the culture of organ donation in people over the age of 18 years.
Hard data
According to the National Transplant Center (CENATRA), until last October the number of patients on the waiting list was 22,568, of which:
Kidney 16,503
Cornea, 5,702
Liver 311
Heart 36
Lung 2
Kidney-kidney 6
Liver-kidney 5
Kidney-pancreas 5
Heart-kidney 1
It is worth mentioning that it was also proposed to increase awareness campaigns among the population about the importance of donating organs, since in the second and third quarters of 2019, 1,835 donations from deceased patients were reported, of which 1,427 corresponded to brain death and 408 to unemployment. irreversible cardiac disease, according to the figures established in the Report on the current status of Recipients, Donations and Transplants in Mexico, for the third quarter of 2019 from CENATRA.
Why don't people in Mexico donate organs?
According to the evaluation of transplant advertising effectiveness from the National Transplant Center (CENATRA), among the reasons why people in Mexico do not donate their organs are:
Fear that the organs will be removed without having confirmed death.
That the practice goes against the religious principles of the person and their family members.
Fear of being a victim of kidnapping or assault for being on a donor list.
Dying with the whole body.
Not receiving adequate medical care.
Being a donor is very simple, you just have to make the decision, be convinced of it and notify your closest relatives of your desire to be a donor. In addition, you can express yourself in writing through a notarized letter or sign and carry the voluntary donor card found on the official CENATRA website.
According to a report from the De las Heras Demotecnia survey , 76% of Mexicans are willing to donate their organs for medical purposes after dying, and only 17% reject the donation.
Furthermore, 44% of people agree with the possibility of receiving organs if necessary, on the contrary, 20% of the population surveyed do not agree.
At this moment at least 21,809 people are Chile Mobile Number List waiting to receive a transplant, which places our country among the 20 countries that make up the ranking of countries for transplant patients.
In Mexico, in previous driver's licenses, organ donation was "officially" stated on the driver's license. If the driver allowed it, the license would say: "Organ donor."
However, with the administrative renewal this seal disappeared. For this reason, the Congress of Mexico City proposed including in the voter ID the citizen's decision whether or not to accept, upon death, the donation of their organs, tissues and cells for transplant purposes.
Deputies Leticia Varela Martínez and Evelyn Parra Álvarez presented a proposal endorsed by local deputies in which they establish the need to encourage people of legal age to become donors because the demand for transplants is considerable and increasing.
The legislators consider that it is very useful to register this identification. The initiative will not generate extraordinary expenses and for citizens it will be gradual, that is, when the renewal of their credential is required it will be issued with the new format that is proposed, which will contribute to promoting the culture of organ donation in people over the age of 18 years.
Hard data
According to the National Transplant Center (CENATRA), until last October the number of patients on the waiting list was 22,568, of which:
Kidney 16,503
Cornea, 5,702
Liver 311
Heart 36
Lung 2
Kidney-kidney 6
Liver-kidney 5
Kidney-pancreas 5
Heart-kidney 1
It is worth mentioning that it was also proposed to increase awareness campaigns among the population about the importance of donating organs, since in the second and third quarters of 2019, 1,835 donations from deceased patients were reported, of which 1,427 corresponded to brain death and 408 to unemployment. irreversible cardiac disease, according to the figures established in the Report on the current status of Recipients, Donations and Transplants in Mexico, for the third quarter of 2019 from CENATRA.
Why don't people in Mexico donate organs?
According to the evaluation of transplant advertising effectiveness from the National Transplant Center (CENATRA), among the reasons why people in Mexico do not donate their organs are:
Fear that the organs will be removed without having confirmed death.
That the practice goes against the religious principles of the person and their family members.
Fear of being a victim of kidnapping or assault for being on a donor list.
Dying with the whole body.
Not receiving adequate medical care.
Being a donor is very simple, you just have to make the decision, be convinced of it and notify your closest relatives of your desire to be a donor. In addition, you can express yourself in writing through a notarized letter or sign and carry the voluntary donor card found on the official CENATRA website.