Organ Donation Malaysia Statistics 2017
It is not new in malaysia as it is a treatment method that has been accepted in our country.
Organ donation malaysia statistics 2017. You re never too old to save lives as a donor. According to the statistics table 1 organ donation among the malay community contributed only 6 36 of the total organ donation from 2000 2010 as compared to the chinese and indians in which theirs was 61 86 and 31 78. 2019 national survey of organ donation attitudes and practices. Organ or tissue donation is a noble practice.
Are organ donations halal. 2018 organ donations and transplantation outcomes 416 kb pdf 2018 living donation and transplantation outcomes 184 kb pdf. Meanwhile negeri sembilan health director dr abdul rahim abdullah said that the organ donation rate in malaysia is one of the lowest in the world as reported by bernama in october 2016. A saya sudah berikrar card belongong to a pledged organ donor.
According to the statistics organ donation among the malay community contributed only 11 of the total 71 organ donation in 2015 as compared to the chinese and indians in which theirs was 38 and 19 donors and 2 others. From 2015 to 2017 the rate of live donor kidney donation in malaysia. Much higher organ donation rates than malaysia. Organ donation is a rare event 191 13 kb pdf increasing family consent to donation 175 83 kb pdf organ and tissue donation opt in and opt out consent systems 381 69 kb pdf 2018.
Around february this year some questions went up in the air here in malaysia namely. This figure raises a question mark that lead to the researchers initiative to initiate a study to identify the. The number of patients who need organ transplants is increasing from year to year but the number of pledgers who want to donate after death is low. The issue of organ donation is something that i m personally invested in even more so when it became the subject of controversy recently.
Population 90 of adults support organ donation but only 50 are actually signed up as donors. According to a sample of the u s. Man gave the gift of life and a liver when he was 92 years old.