This June 6, 2022 marks the World Day of the Transplanted Patient and the Ministry of Health joins forces to encourage citizens the importance of knowing what is related to organ donation and how this voluntary and altruistic act benefits patients who, due to chronic or terminal illnesses, they require this resource as their only life alternative.
According to the health entity, the voluntary donation of organs and tissues can benefit up to 55 people and mentions which are the tissues and organs that can be transplanted, such as:
Organs that can be transplanted
- Kidneys.
- Liver.
- Lungs.
- intestine.
- Pancreas.
Tissues that can be donated
- Corneas.
- Skin.
- Bones.
- Bone marrow.
- cartilage.
- Tendons.
- Blood vessels.
- Heart valves.
Bogotá: How to be an organ or tissue donor?
There are more than 2,500 Colombians who require an organ transplant to improve their quality and life expectancy in Colombia, which is why people who voluntarily want to inform their intention to be donors are required and therefore can leave a conversation with their family that want to donate their organs or tissues at the time of death.
After discussing this intention to donate with the family, a record can be made with the National Institute of Health, the entity that regulates this process and who manages in detail all the information related to the donation of organs or tissues. In this way, the donor can provide their basic information in a form and will have access to a card that accredits them for this purpose.
If you want to know everything related to organ donation, we invite you to browse the website of the National Institute of Health.
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