When you thought you might take the time to enjoy the lovely weather, it was announced that the Health Minister of Jennifer Carroll McNeill TD is coming for your liver. And if your heart, kidneys, and you had no time, energy or place to opt out of the state's organ collection system, then after your death the nation hopes to harvest from you. Honestly, I can't take a little time.
It was announced on Saturday Ireland Independently, “An agreement on a major change in the law means that we are expected to automatically donate organs when a person dies. Unless you have challenged it in your lifetime, the soft opt-out is expected to take effect on June 17th and increase the donor pool of more than 600 organs on the transplant list.”
An organ donation consent is “deemed” unless the person has registered a desire not to become an organ donor after death while alive. Agree deemed to be. There is nothing more harmful than a nation “thinking your consent” to remove your organs You never gave consent. They just “think” you agreed there and nonetheless It's not proof of that. They see it – as they “see” you agreed to all IPAS centres rising across the country.
The family will continue to be part of the organ donation process. Ah, that's encouraging. When there is a conflict between families, you wonder what will happen between a family member who has just lost their family in a sudden, usually very traumatic situation, and a surgeon standing on a ready knife.
This is just a terrible situation where you can put the most vulnerable time in their lives with the family of the bereaved. They must decide whether to allow their closest and beloved organs to be taken away, even if they knew their loved ones would not agree, but they never jumped the hoops that the government would place in front of us because of opt-out. Devastating families need to weigh all of this and sign paperwork before they get cold. (Their loved ones are on life support.) There was no details on how you can opt out of this state appropriation of your body in the article.
If a person decides to donate organs after death, this is a noble and noble decision. Charity is a donation spontaneously I chose and agreed. I've been carrying donor cards in the past. But this government attempts to turn everyone in Ireland into potential organ donors; No one has to do anything to show that this is what they wanta serious abuse of state power.
Ultimately, families want final decisions when it comes to donating the organs of loved ones “deemed dead.” If the donor is clear about his feelings, he wants to make a donation. I don't expect any issues. But most of us will not be clear about that, and many people will say they don't want to give, but have not experienced an “life administrator” opt-out. So, what should a nurse or doctor do? Do you negate family wishes at the most vulnerable times?
The doctors are sorry, but the health minister Jennifer Carroll McNeill said that these organs belong to the nation now, so they don't get in my way. The Minister wants to make organ donation “standard” in Ireland. But that's not the norm and should not be. It's an altruistic and charity to donate organs to your death – that's the whole point. The families of the bereaved are criticized and then are they ignored if they should oppose the donation? This is merciless.
The change is located in Part 2 of Human Tissues (Transplant, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Act 2024, providing the first national legislative framework for Ireland's donation and transplant services.
This system of states that harvest your organs without your express consent has come to most parts of the UK. It was introduced in Wales in 2015, and was later adopted by Jersey (2019), the UK (2020), and Scotland (2021). While it is difficult to control the impact of the pandemic, “estimated consent” did not result in an increase in donations. In fact, according to this piece “The consent rate for organ donation in the UK has fallen from 67% in 2019 to 61% in 2023 since the law came into effect. This was the same thing happened in Wales, where the donation rate was reduced from 63% to 60.5%, and Scotland, where the rate of donation fell from 63.6% to 56.3%.”
There is no evidence that it is “considered as consent.” Donations can increase and “save lives.” If you challenge this unethical and immoral legal change, you will be hit on your head. It further erodes trust between the nation and its citizens, seriously undermines the trust of the healthcare system.
And what about patients waiting for organ donation? Could he sue the state if he knew that a proper donation was waiting for him? There were no opt-outs, but did the medical professional respect the wishes of the family and not harvest the organs? Another ethical dilemma is not the law.
Finally, do you really trust the decision to donate politicians and doctors on death, including unnecessary hip surgeries that have been undertaken to keep children up to date?
This is a system in which consultant obstetrician and gynecological consultant Dr. Michael Nearly removed the uterus of 129 women and did not try it for 25 years at Our Lady Hospital, Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda. Or what about the misuse of implants in spinal surgery in children at a pediatric hospital?
Yesterday only on Sunday The era “Parents request answers to stomach devices inserted into the child's bladder. Children's Health Ireland in Dublin is said to have inserted a stomach somy button in at least five children to advise the manufacturer.” At least five children being treated by Children's Health Ireland in Dublin (CHI) had a stomach somy button, a device used to supply medication to the stomach.
At the heart of all these scandals is the issue of consent. The female uterus was removed without consent. The implant was inserted into a child who needed spinal surgery without parental consent, and now it appears that other devices were inserted into the child without proper consent.
But here is a nation that “takes” us, without express consent, that it has agreed to have the organ harvested upon death. If you do, legal and legislative fiction.
If you want to trust these people in your “estimated consent organ harvesting system”, I would say good fortune. But I recommend you be careful.
