Organ donation document of identification

Organ donation document of identification

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In Switzerland the document of identification looks in such a way:

Organspendeausweis Schweiz

After an inquiry more than 45 % of the Germans are ready to donate an organ. However have only 7 % an organ donation document of identification.

The (free) organ donation document of identification you receive with your physician, to many pharmacies, your health insurance company, in public health authorities like "Gesundheitsamt" or the federal center for health

("Bundeszentrale für gesundheitliche Aufklärung [BZgA]") in co-operation with the German donation "Organtransplantation" under the telephone number 0800/90 40,400 and/or in the Internet

You can fill out the document of identification also on-line:

.For vacation travelers a supplement is available in nine languages (Bulgarian, English, French, Italian, Croatian, Polish, Romanian, Spanish and Hungarian):

Following organs and fabrics can be donated at present after death:
Organs: Heart, lung, liver, kidneys, pancreas, intestine and parts of the skin.
Tissue: Cornea of the eyes, auditory ossicles, cardiac valves and parts of the blood vessels, the brain skin, the bone tissue, the cartilage tissue and the chords.

A firm age limit for organ donations does not exist, the biological age - one determines with death - is crucial. It is not necessary therefore that you can be examined now.

By the way you can donate during lifetimes:

Blood: Constantly one needs, help to save lives and health.
Bone marrow: For leukaemia patient, whose lives can receive you with your donation. For this a blood acceptance is to be only typed necessarily around you and determined your state of health.

Please concern yourselves with this topic!

All needy ones - also you could come once into such a situation - thank it you.