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La Fondation
Diane Hébert
C.P 98035, Succursale Place Elite, Ste-Thérèse, J7E 5R4
Téléphone: 514 970-1113
Courriel: infos@fondationdianehebert.org
C.P 98035, Succursale Place Elite, Ste-Thérèse, J7E 5R4
Téléphone: 514 970-1113
Courriel: infos@fondationdianehebert.org
Can I be
an organ donor at any age ?
Yes, neither your age nor your state of health should prevent you from signing a donor card. It is up to the medical team to judge the state of the organs and their possible use. There are 70 or 80 years old donors... What can you say about a 103 years old woman who gave her eyes and an another person of 93 years old who gave her liver ?
Can a person who died in an accident give their vital organs ?
No, in the case of a sudden death, only tissues like eyes, cardiac valves, bones, articulations and skin can be given. The vital organs donors should be dead cerebrally and artificially kept alive after grave lesion in the brain or after a spontaneous cerebral hemorrhage.
What is the religious attitude to organ donation and transplantation ?
Most of the world's religions openly support the gift of organs and recognize transplantation as a victory over disease. Indeed, western religions consider organ donation an act of great charity.
When I consent to become an organ donor, should I only sign the organ donor card ?
No, it is important to sign the organ donor card but after, you must advise the members of your family of your intention to make a gift of your organs when you die. Next, you choose three (3) of them who approve of your decision and tell them that you want to put their names and telephone numbers on your organ donor cards. These people must sign the form required by the hospital to authorize the organ donation.
What does the organ donation give to the afflicted families ?
Most of the families who consent to the organ donation of a loved one said it helped them to pass through the period of mourning by giving a special sense to the loss of the loved one by permitting to save or improve lives of the others.
Will the organ donation involve us in great expenses ?
The organs and tissue removal doesn't bring any financial costs to the family. But as in
any death, the family will pay the funeral costs.
Can the body of organ donor be viewed normally ?
The organs and tissue removal is made in the same conditions of respect and dignity of any surgical operation. Afterward, the body can be viewed normally.
What is the cerebral death ?
The cerebral death happens when the brain doesn't function anymore the necessary impulses to make the heart and the lungs function. Without the assistance of the respirator, the heart will stop beating spontaneously after a moment.
Please contact us if you have other questions
Yes, neither your age nor your state of health should prevent you from signing a donor card. It is up to the medical team to judge the state of the organs and their possible use. There are 70 or 80 years old donors... What can you say about a 103 years old woman who gave her eyes and an another person of 93 years old who gave her liver ?
Can a person who died in an accident give their vital organs ?
No, in the case of a sudden death, only tissues like eyes, cardiac valves, bones, articulations and skin can be given. The vital organs donors should be dead cerebrally and artificially kept alive after grave lesion in the brain or after a spontaneous cerebral hemorrhage.
What is the religious attitude to organ donation and transplantation ?
Most of the world's religions openly support the gift of organs and recognize transplantation as a victory over disease. Indeed, western religions consider organ donation an act of great charity.
When I consent to become an organ donor, should I only sign the organ donor card ?
No, it is important to sign the organ donor card but after, you must advise the members of your family of your intention to make a gift of your organs when you die. Next, you choose three (3) of them who approve of your decision and tell them that you want to put their names and telephone numbers on your organ donor cards. These people must sign the form required by the hospital to authorize the organ donation.
What does the organ donation give to the afflicted families ?
Most of the families who consent to the organ donation of a loved one said it helped them to pass through the period of mourning by giving a special sense to the loss of the loved one by permitting to save or improve lives of the others.
Will the organ donation involve us in great expenses ?
The organs and tissue removal doesn't bring any financial costs to the family. But as in
any death, the family will pay the funeral costs.
Can the body of organ donor be viewed normally ?
The organs and tissue removal is made in the same conditions of respect and dignity of any surgical operation. Afterward, the body can be viewed normally.
What is the cerebral death ?
The cerebral death happens when the brain doesn't function anymore the necessary impulses to make the heart and the lungs function. Without the assistance of the respirator, the heart will stop beating spontaneously after a moment.
Please contact us if you have other questions