And we don't mean this kind of organActing Governor Richard Codey yesterday signed into law a bill that will require New Jerseyans seeking drivers' licenses to decide if they want to be organ donors effective in 2013.
First of all, it seems to me that Richard Codey is Acting Governor more than our elected Governor acts as Governor. He acted as Governor frequently in place of McGreevey and now in place of Corzine. It seems that laws only get passed under his watch, but that is another story for another blog.
Back to being an organ and tissue donor ... I can just picture a state trooper pulling my half dead body out of a car wreck and trying to find my license. "Try to keep her alive till we find out whether she wants her organs donated," he tells the EMT.
I have real issues with the donation of organs and tissues. Maybe I saw "Soylent Green" once too often.
By my count, there should be plenty of organs for all.
There are 3,050 people waiting for organs in New Jersey and 1.75 million New Jerseyans have already checked the organ donor box on their licenses. The problem, as you can plainly see, is that we don't have enough dead New Jerseyans.
Now of course, recipients of organs have to "match" the donors so that eliminates quite a few possibilities. Even so, it looks like the state has enough potential donors.
Obviously, Jersey drivers are just not as bad as people claim. We need Mad Max and Tony Soprano out on our roads upping the numbers of actual donors.
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If people in New Jersey are going to opt out of donating their organs when they die, they should also opt out of receiving an organ should they ever need one to live.
Our transplant system lets people take without giving. It’s no wonder there’s such a large organ shortage. Over 8,000 Americans die every year because there aren't enough organs for everyone who needs one. And every year Americans bury or cremate 20,000 transplantable organs.
There is a simple way to put a big dent in the organ shortage – allocate donated organs first to people who have agreed to donate their own organs when they die.
Anyone who wants to donate their organs to others who have agreed to donate theirs can join LifeSharers. LifeSharers is a non-profit network of organ donors who agree to offer their organs first to other organ donors when they die. Membership is free at www.lifesharers.org or by calling 1-888-ORGAN88. There is no age limit, parents can enroll their minor children, and no one is excluded due to any pre-existing medical condition.
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