Germany seeks organ donors

Germany suffers from organ donation. Due to this absence, Germans seek solutions to exchange organs to other countries, such as Croatia.

It's been a autumn day, Yasmin Redzepagic will never forget. The day he lost his father: “Brain hemorrhage. Everything happened quickly, he was only 65 years old. He was a friend to our family, he hit us so suddenly, like lightning in the open sky. ”

As Yasmin's family mourned, a phone call came from Zagreb hospital, where his father was being treated. Doctors asked if he could get his father's healthy organs. His father was on a list of potential organ donors. The family asked for a second thought, but eventually they decided to do so. Our parents have been thinking, it's better to save the lives of other people than to be left to lose organs. Everyone in our family is on the organ donation list, we've been talking about this a lot. ”

Doning ready in Croatia

Jasmine's family is not an isolated case. At a time that in Germany the potential number of organ worshipers decrease significantly, among Croatian citizens that readiness increases. German patients also benefit from this, according to Nicolaa Zbrablic, president of the Croatian Organist Network”, (HDM). “In 2016, we had 132 organ worshipers in Croatia, who have really received organs. So we have 30 organ donations for 1 million people, with this Croatia is the most successful country among eight countries within the Eurotransplant foundation, responsible for distributing organs to 8 European countries. ”
Another route is practiced in Croatia. Any citizen who has not disputed it specifically at the time of living the organ donation is technically transformed into a posthumous organist. In Germany the donation decision is practiced. Every citizen aged 16 is required to issue a statement on organ donation.

With 9.3 donors per million people, Germany is part of countries that have the lowest number of organisations among European countries. Spain tops the list and announced in 2017 that there are 46.9 donors per million in the country. “Croatia took up the Spanish model. The important thing is that those in charge of transplanting, that is, the key persons in the organ donor system are all doctors in hospitals”, says Dr. Grrablic for Deutsche Welle. So doctors work where the decision is made and can distinguish potential donors, train staff, and talk to relatives.
Exploration of organs is a human and dignified act. But it should not be forgotten that there is a tragedy behind it - the loss of a family member. It is not a bureaucratic act, but a moral issue needs support and sensitivity of medical personnel. This has helped us in the difficult 48x1>, says Jasmin Redzepagic. His father's organs were performed overnight. Yasmin says after his sudden loss we had a feeling that we had done something good. ”

Germany Takes Other Countries

Germany benefits from willingness to donate from other countries. Organs such as heart, liver and kidneys have come to the Eurotransplant Association, as well as to German clinics. About 200 organs from Belgium, Croatia, Hungary, Austria and Slovenia have come to that form in Germany. But in all of Germany still awaits a long list of seriously ill organ transplant patients, according to the German Organ Transplantation Foundation. Three people die every day because they cannot obtain transplant organs.
/DW