“CAICA to Hold Informative Talk and Recognition on National Organ and Tissue Donation Day”

On the occasion of the National Organ and Tissue Donation Day, the Catamarca Ablation and Implants Coordinator (CAICA) will hold an informative talk in the central hall of the San Juan Bautista Interzonal Hospital, on Tuesday, May 30 at 9 a.m. .

In addition, a recognition will be made to all the Services involved in the procurement.

So far in 2023, within the framework of the Justina Law, 7 people were donors, which made it possible to perform 10 transplants that improved the quality of life of patients on the waiting list.

Currently, 74 people from Catamarca are on the waiting list to receive an organ or tissue transplant, 138 patients are in the registration process, and there are 7,080 registered on the waiting list nationwide.

Justina Law (24.447)

Law 24,447 establishes that any person over 18 years of age and capable of doing so is a donor unless they have expressed otherwise. In case of being a minor, the authorization of the parents will be requested. Once the time of the patient’s death has arrived, it is determined through standardized tests if she can be a donor or not.

To donate while living, there must be a link up to the fourth degree of family with the recipient, and the organs that are donated while living are the kidney and liver lobe. It is possible as long as it does not affect the health of the donor.

How to be a donor?

– By registering on the Mi Argentina website.

– In the civil registries at the time of processing the DNI.

– Sending a free telegram through the Argentine Post Office.

– Signing an act of expression of will in the INCUCAI or in the Provincial Organizations.