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Essay / The Process of Organ and Blood Donation - 2058
“To the world you can be one person, but to one person you can be the world. » (Anonymous) Why should people donate? People should donate their organs and blood because one organ can save up to eight lives. This same donor can save or improve the lives of fifty people. (Unknown) More than 119,000 people wait for a transplant each year in the United States alone. (Unknown) Every day, eighteen people die because they are waiting for an organ and/or blood transplant. (Unknown) Every year, thousands of people die due to the need for an organ transplant or blood donation. (Unknown) Contrary to popular belief, you do not have to be dead to be a donor! You can be a living donor! To be a living donor, you must be over twenty-one, complete a training course called “Donor 101,” and have a body mass index, also called “BMI,” less than thirty. You must also have the transplant approved by a transplant surgeon and a financial coordinator. (Anonymous) If you meet these qualifications, you should be good, but there are also some things that can disqualify you. For example, if you have uncontrolled high blood pressure, diabetes or prediabetes, if your weight is considered obese, if you have signs of heart problems, if you have any type of cancer, if you have the virus of human immunodeficiency (HIV), are active with intravenous (IV) drugs, or are men who have been in prison in the past six months. When it comes to organ and blood donations, patients are placed on a waiting list. A new person is added to the list every ten minutes. (Unknown) Factors for being next in line to receive a transplant range from the severity of the patient, to how long they have been on the waiting list, to their blood... middle of paper... . ..the life! Make today the day you choose to be someone's hero! Internet sources: http://www.donatelifeny.org/about-donation/http://www.thenationalnetworkoforgandonors.org/https://www.memorialmedical.com/Services /Transplant-Services/Living-Donation/?gclid= CLGy0qKihboCFYxaMgod5W8AqQInterview sources: Michelle L. FriedenVernel OppeVideo sources:http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/ohio-nurse-throws-kidney-siblings-sue-botched-transplant-20116561Article sources:http: //articles.chicagotribune.com/2000-07-12/news/0007120151_1_uniform-anatomical-gift-act-liver-transplant-organ-or-tissuehttp://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-02-11/news/ ct-tl-naperville-zuleg-foundation-20130211_1_organ-donation-organ-donors-donor-registries http://www.northjersey.com/community/147273455_Jefferson_resident_honored_with_2012__Ray_of_Hope__Award.html?c=y&page=1