Gamini SinglaAIR 3 · CSE 2021 · 297 wordsTheir whole copy
Opening · a restatement
The above case highlights the issue of mismatch between the organ transplant demands and availability. In India, Transplantation of organs Act, 1994 deals with various issues surrounding donation and transplantation.
Body · points and prose
Ethical Issues
(1) Death of the people due to lack of availability
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These lives could have been saved if organs were made available.
(2) Demand for organs
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Trafficking of organs and rise of frauds, who do transplantations without the knowledge of donor
eg kidney stealing rackets
(3) Market for organs → pushing poor people to sell vital organs, to earn money
It represents the failure of state to provide the basic needs
(4) Mistrust against organ donation → Religious believes on life after death → Curbs the possibility of re-incarnations as per Godmen. → Against rationalisation due to dogmatism and unawareness
(5) Against the bodily ethics and the will of the God → Interference with the natural grant of organs, as per some ethical activists
Closing the gap between demand and supply
- A large scale awareness campaign on organ donation, post death; → Include the doctors from AIIMS,
filmstars like Amitabh Bacchan, religious community leaders to motivate people
Presentation of information → Case studies where organ donations could save lives
Proper regulation and monitoring against fake rackets on organ trafficking
Lectures and debates in higher education institutions on need of organ donation
Use of print and social media to generate awareness and promote behavioural change
Make the procedure of organ donation easy → Remove procedural difficulties
→ Single window clearance system
Close · a vision
Organ donation is based on underlying values of helping the man kind, in need. It is essential to help those in need, by those who can. Decisions must be guided by universal brotherhood - emphasised by Swami Vivekanand.