Name & ID: Mikaela Pérez Rosales – A01700356

Title: Organ Donation after Death Should be encouraged

Good afternoon everyone, I am here today to talk about second chances. Organ
donation is still a taboo subject in Mexico, what many people do not know is that you do not
have to be death to be a donor. You can donate 4 different organs or parts of them while you
are alive, including bone marrow and one kidney. But when you are death the number of
organs and tissues that can be donated increases up to 11, which include heart, lungs and
skin. According to the National Center of Transplants in Mexico (CENATRA), there are
around 20 thousand people waiting for a transplant, and in 2016 there has been around 9
hundred transplants made. The number of people waiting might seem small, but the
perspective changes for someone that is in the last spots of that list. The transplant process
can take from 2 years until much more, it all depends on the type of transplant, condition of
the patient and the donor. Let us change the perspective a little bit, in the United States one
person is added to the transplant list every 10 minutes, this means that there is a big chance
that us or at least someone we know is going to be in that list in the future, if that happens
would you prefer to have to wait until it might be too late, or would you rather have an answer
as fast as you can? When you donate an organ you can give a child a new hope, a parent an
opportunity to watch their kids grow or anyone the chance to archive their dreams. To make
a change all we have to do is join and encourage organ donation in Mexico, you can register
as a donor in the National Center of Transplants, the Red Cross or just making sure your
family knows you want to be a donor; because with just one person becoming a donor, up to
50 others can have a second chance.

References:

 Lcnw.org, (2016). LifeCenter Northwest - Working together to save lives through

organ and tissue donation. [online] Available at:
http://www.lcnw.org/donation/organs-tissues-for-transplant/ [Accessed 4 Mar.
2016].
 Cenatra.salud.gob.mx, (2016). Centro Nacional de Trasplantes. [online] Available at:
http://cenatra.salud.gob.mx/pasantes_servicio_social.html [Accessed 4 Mar. 2016].
 Dr. Frans Serpa, surgeon