KAO - Critical Information about
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Is an organ donor dead immediately before the removal operation
or is he a living being without provable brain function? Experts
from medicine, law, and theology have opposite views about this
issue. 97% of the organism is still alive when "brain death" is
diagnosed and death is certified. Everybody should know that and
come to a decision of his own on the basis of these facts.
We are an initiative founded by parents. We consented to the organ
removal of our children, after their serious accidents, without
knowing then what organ removal means. After our children were
buried we realized what we had given our consent to. We realized
that living organs cannot be taken from persons who are really
dead. That's why we deeply regret our decision. One of the
consequences of our consent was that we left our dying children
unprotected when they needed our care and love most. Instead we
entrusted them to the transplant surgeons - later we got the
impression that our chil-dren had been treated just like recycling
material.
As a result of our bitter experience we want to inform the
public about these facts so that parents in the same situation
might be protected from being confronted with organ donation
uninformed.
We want to help people get fully informed so that they can take a well-founded decision - if necessary.
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