The six-month-old girl died in the intensive care unit of the Patras University Hospital. Heartbroken, the baby’s parents made the courageous decision to donate their child’s organs.
According to information provided by ERT, the baby was in the hospital for a week, but, despite the efforts of doctors, he eventually died. For the first time, in cooperation with a team of doctors from Hungary, the liver of little Irina, who was baptized on the eve of her death, will go to Budapest. If all goes well, her kidneys will be transplanted to a recipient who lives in the Netherlands. It is noted that the girl contracted the coronavirus, but the cause of her death was a microbial infection.
Lately in Greece strengthened position with organ donation. But just recently, years earlier, our country was in last place in Europe. As Athens News wrote earlier, Greece ranks last in Europe in terms of organ donation. “We are the last in Europe in terms of organ donation: four donors per million. And this despite the fact that in other countries, such as Portugal, Italy and Spain, according to statistics, there are 28-30 donors,” said Andreas Karampinis, Chairman of the Board of the National Transplant Organization active in the Standing Committee on Social Affairs (Διαρκή Επιτροπή Κοινωνικών Υποθέσεων) “We also have a huge loss of resources abroad. The current situation has improved in the last two years, since we have a 35% increase in the number of donors, and this is due to a private initiative of the Onsassis Foundation, which provided us with an amount of 100.000 euros. This has allowed us to integrate all intensive care units in Greece with the Onassis Hospital, where I am the director of the intensive care unit.”
The Chairman of ΕΟΜ also mentioned the financing of the Agency through ΕΣΠΑ, stating: “The Ministry of Health has provided the National Transplant Organization with a national strategic plan covering a period of 2.5 years. The plan was studied and approved by the experts, after which it was approved. Program ΕΣΠΑ will adopt laws and create conditions for the functioning of all centers for tissue and cell transplantation, which in most countries are carried out on the basis of European regulations.
The program started in September 2017. Over the next few months was released new donor cardthe purpose of which is assistance to the relatives of the deceased to overcome the psychological barrier in terms of donation.
“One of the reasons for the low number of transactions is the negative attitude of Greek society towards transplantation and organ donation. Few people in our country are ready to donate their organs after death for the sake of saving other people.”, – says Mr. Karampinis.
However, recipients who were given a “second life” thank their parents the deceased, who showed mercy and compassion to the neighbor.
In European countries, in the USA, Canada, Australia, transplantation saves tens of thousands of people every year. Many residents approve of transplantation and express a desire to become organ donors after death. In the United States, it is customary to indicate your desire on your driver’s license. In Israel, Ireland, Poland there is donor card – a small card that can be inserted into wallet. In Belgium, there is a presumption of consent: if a person has not signed a refusal to organ donation during his lifetime, his organs can be transplanted to other people. This method of expression of will operates in many other European countries.
In the European Union, there are about 50,000 people on the waiting list for transplant surgery, every day 12 Europeans die without waiting for the operation. In the US, about 120 thousand people need transplantation, every day 21 US residents die without waiting for a transplant.
Organ transplantation saves many lives. In this operation, a healthy organ of one person (donor) is transplanted into another person (recipient), in whom this organ does not work. As a rule, the donor is a deceased person who has been diagnosed with brain death, but in some cases, for example, in a kidney transplant, a living volunteer can also be a donor. This is usually one of the next of kin of the recipient. Only the support of the entire society can help those who need organ transplants survive. Therefore, people who, during their lifetime, agreed to donate their organs for transplantation after death are so important.
When the first transplants were carried out, the churches raised serious moral and ethical objections. But today they have revised their positions. The Evangelical Church generally welcomes posthumous donation. Pope Benedict XVI calls it “an act of love for one’s neighbour”. Prior to his election to the throne, he himself had a donor certificate.
The Pavoslav Church consolidated its position in the Fundamentals of the Social Concept: “Posthumous donation of organs and tissues can become a manifestation of love that extends beyond death. This kind of donation or bequest cannot be considered a human obligation. moral acceptability of explantation. If the will of a potential donor is not known to doctors, they must find out the will of a dying or deceased person, contacting, if necessary, his relatives. “
The Chairman of ΕΟΜ also mentioned the financing of the Agency through ΕΣΠΑ, stating: “The Ministry of Health has provided the National Transplant Organization with a national strategic plan covering a period of 2.5 years. The plan was studied and approved by the experts, after which it was approved. Program ΕΣΠΑ will adopt laws and create conditions for the functioning of all centers for tissue and cell transplantation, which in most countries are carried out on the basis of European regulations.
The program started in September 2017. Over the next few months was released new donor cardthe purpose of which is assistance to the relatives of the deceased to overcome the psychological barrier in terms of donation.
“One of the reasons for the low number of transactions is the negative attitude of Greek society towards transplantation and organ donation. Few people in our country are ready to donate their organs after death for the sake of saving other people.”, – says Mr. Karampinis.
However, recipients who were given a “second life” thank their parents the deceased, who showed mercy and compassion to the neighbor.
In European countries, in the USA, Canada, Australia, transplantation saves tens of thousands of people every year. Many residents approve of transplantation and express a desire to become organ donors after death. In the United States, it is customary to indicate your desire on your driver’s license. In Israel, Ireland, Poland there is donor card – a small card that can be inserted into wallet. In Belgium, there is a presumption of consent: if a person has not signed a refusal to organ donation during his lifetime, his organs can be transplanted to other people. This method of expression of will operates in many other European countries.
In the European Union, there are about 50,000 people on the waiting list for transplant surgery, every day 12 Europeans die without waiting for the operation. In the US, about 120 thousand people need transplantation, every day 21 US residents die without waiting for a transplant.
Organ transplantation saves many lives. In this operation, a healthy organ of one person (donor) is transplanted into another person (recipient), in whom this organ does not work. As a rule, the donor is a deceased person who has been diagnosed with brain death, but in some cases, for example, in a kidney transplant, a living volunteer can also be a donor. This is usually one of the next of kin of the recipient. Only the support of the entire society can help those who need organ transplants survive. Therefore, people who, during their lifetime, agreed to donate their organs for transplantation after death are so important.
When the first transplants were carried out, the churches raised serious moral and ethical objections. But today they have revised their positions. The Evangelical Church generally welcomes posthumous donation. Pope Benedict XVI calls it “an act of love for one’s neighbour”. Prior to his election to the throne, he himself had a donor certificate.
The Pavoslav Church consolidated its position in the Fundamentals of the Social Concept: “Posthumous donation of organs and tissues can become a manifestation of love that extends beyond death. This kind of donation or bequest cannot be considered a human obligation. moral acceptability of explantation. If the will of a potential donor is not known to doctors, they must find out the will of a dying or deceased person, contacting, if necessary, his relatives. “
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