Good morning. Let me ask you one question. Have you ever heard of organ donation? It is a quite professional term for you. Let me first give you a brief introduction about organ donation. Organ donation is a thorough salvation for the desperately ill patients to reanimate their lives. It is because there are so many people who are in urgent need of organ transplants in HK. The organ recipients are given a second chance to sustain their lives after they undergo the organ transplants.
Therefore, the organ recipients can benefit a lot from organ donation. However, there is a statistic provided by Hospital Authority showing that a lot of patients die when they are awaiting for the organ. Moreover, it also shows that there were only 4.6 people for every million citizens who donated their organs last year. This reflects fluctuations in the number of donors. It is a bad news for these patients. Actually, their lives can be saved by a surgery. However, the most crucial element is that we should have enough organs for the transplants surgery. Is it so difficult for the people to become organ donors? No. In fact, people can sign up as organ donors if they are willing to donate their organs freely. Carmen is one of the inspiring examples. Her organs saved the lives of six people aged from 6 to 60. Because of the selfless love of Carmen and her families, their lives are saved and they can get rid of the suffering. Actually, it is a long – term suffering for these patients since nobody knows how long you should wait for the organ transplants. However, most of the people are bound by the Chinese traditional culture so no one wants to donate organs.
Firstly, most people think that the removal of an organ will affect the appearance of the body and the farewell look in funeral. According to some experienced visagistes, they will do some make-up to the dead body on order to keep a good impression to their families. Furthermore, there is an advanced technology for the visagistes to cosmeticize the dead body. On the other hand, we also need to change our though. Actually, it is an angelic and blissful behavior for the organ donors to donate their organs. As a result, we should feel proud of ourselves since we can salvage the lives of people. We should not feel shamed about the wound left by the surgery as it is good for us to donate the organs that we no longer need.
Secondly, some people contradict that organ transplants are still experimental in HK and we don’t have enough professionals and facilities in HK. In fact, the technology of organ transplants in HK is already qualifies. Referring to the report supplied by HK University, it shows that HK possesses the most sophisticated technology and specialists in the world. Therefore, it can help ensure the quality of the organ transplants and diminish the repulsion of organ recipients. Furthermore, according to the survey carried by World Health Organisation, HK has a high rank in terms of the facilities and techniques of organ transplants. Local organ transplant teams have an international reputation for them to serve the patients and exercise their skills since we don’t have enough organs. It is a waste for us not to use these excellent and brilliant facilities. Their skills will be abandoned as we cannot provide organs for them to undergo surgery in order to rescue the lives of people.
Finally, most of the people think that it is sad for the families to receive than given by the organ recipients and their families. This is only half of the story. Carmen is a good example showing that they feel delightful instead of depressed. Why? It is because it is an angelic behavior for is to donate organs and they really want to help others. Actually, the organ donors and their families can inspire the organ recipients by their story and accommodating spirit. Although we may feel depressed that our relatives are dead, they still live in our memory that nobody can take it away. It is a wise decision for us to donate our organs instead of following the cultural traditional that a body should be fully preserved after death. As some old Chinese saying go, “Philanthropy is the Basis for Happiness” and “Serving others is the purpose of love.” These sayings show that it is good for us to help people who are in urgent need. How can we behave in such a selfish way?
Organ donation is a way for us to express our selfless love. Actually, it is unimaginable for us to experience the feeling of the patients waiting for the transplantation. They will feel depressed and suffer from both mental and physical pain. If you were the patient, you might think that you are controlled by destiny and lose your way. Do you have the willpower to overcome these difficulties? If you want to help these patients, you should support the organ donation by signing up as an organ donor if you fulfill the basic requirement of being an organ donor. You can also encourage your relatives to become organ donors. It can help shorten the time for the people who are waiting for organ transplants if there are more organ donors. Furthermore, all of us have the responsibility to promote the messages of the organ donation to the community and educate people to accept organ transplants and clarify the misconception. Thank you!