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Dr. Faisal bin Abdul Rahim Shaheen, Director General of the Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation, revealed to Okaz newspaper that (1798) people have agreed to donate organs while they are alive, within a short period since the start of the electronic program to register those wishing to donate, indicating that the donation is via cards (cards) no It continues, as the number of living donors via cards has reached about 3 million donors since the start of the program, noting that the center was able to record the data of all living organ donors via cards.
He pointed out that the center is still demanding that the phrase "organ donor" be put on the driver''s license or national identity, indicating that the issue has not yet been taken a final decision and we are awaiting approval as the matter is still circulating in the competent authorities. He pointed out that the approval of organ donation by registering in the program has many positive repercussions, including the family''s knowledge that the person donated his organs after death, and this is considered a notification from him, a recommendation and his desire for humanitarian work in order to save those who are most in need of organs, and despite all of that the final matter stops. On the approval of the family in fulfilling the wishes of the deceased, in addition to that, the donor has full knowledge of the importance of organ donation and its role in saving the sick.
Regarding the new in the organ transplantation program, he said: What is new is to make optimal use of all organ donors and use most of these vital organs, by activating the role of regional offices, activating cooperation with intensive care in cooperation with the Saudi Society for Intensive Care, based on the new mechanisms approved by the Health Organization Global, and popularizing the so-called red elephant, activating the role of intensive care departments, emergency departments, brain and nerve departments, and the parties concerned with the program in cooperation with the Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation through the importance of early reporting of brain deaths, supporting hospital administrations for the program, developing appropriate plans and reviewing the performance of cooperating and non-cooperating regions and hospitals Regarding the implementation of what was entrusted to it, and the continued development of interactive integrated training and education centers to deal and care for brain death cases for all workers in the organ canal program and its cultivation.
Regarding the incentives for organ donation, he said: “There is no donation in exchange for money, but if the donation is made, there is a gift by the state represented by the Ministry of Health given to the heirs of the deceased who donated his organs, also the living donor is honored from relatives or non-relatives. To the donor, whether during life or after death, as an expression of the community’s support for patients with final organic failure and the need for them to obtain an organ such as a kidney or part of the liver to save their lives. Providing health insurance to follow up on the donor in the hospital in which the donation took place, in addition to other benefits.
