Human Organ Transplant Act
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whats to worry? dun get the part abt the transparency partOriginally posted by Kohi:Hi oldbreadstinks, dumbdumb! & weidev, this HOTA topic main focus is about questions on tranparency issues, to find out more about the act. I very much support organ donation for a GOOD cause. I could have just choose to opt-out, why bother 2 post this topic. Like u dumbdumb! & weidev, I also believe in helping people if I can, the only different is that maybe I hv become paranoid toward life. Decision can be simple and easy to some, not 4 me.
Even if it is a good deed, one must contribute with knowledge and not blindly. Neo hv good points, hope that there are more being done/ educate the general public on the act. (To be honest, I understand only about 50-70% wat Neo wrote
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For those who like myself who support the HOTA, yet concern about the tranparency, please help to find out more and share it. -
ic thank u...Originally posted by Clown9:All 21y.o. & above Singaporean or PR die... organs MUST auto donate under HOTA.
How the organs are used or where the organs go, information not very clear to some people & others don't care. Die oredi how 2 care 
U still not clear... read above again carefully & visit some of the website
y like dat one? force ppl...but i personally wun mind donatin...juz dun like the way they force ppl.... -
it's better to have 10% of the opting out than 10% opting in.Originally posted by alwaysdisturbed:ic thank u...
y like dat one? force ppl...but i personally wun mind donatin...juz dun like the way they force ppl.... -
i dunno whether i want to opt out anot dun really want to be cut up when i die i still got my opt out card
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Many believes that black is black, white is white, grey dun exist.
Yes means yes & no means no... is life really that simple?
Taken from topic: Singaporean are fools!
Martrix - ingnorance is bliss
http://www.aish.com/seminars/matrix/ignorance_is_bliss.asp
http://www.rense.com/politics6/ignorancebliss_p.htm
http://www.vachss.com/guest_dispatches/yfine.html
Other HOTA information
http://app.moh.gov.sg/our/our030201.asp
http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,4386,230390,00.html?
Channel Central at 10:00pm The Anatomists:
Modern Frankenstein - This last espisode of the series looks at the Body Worlds exhibiton of Gunther Von Hagan. -
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I believe Kohi is right about transparency and ask questions about it... maybe he can try asking the ministry some questions about it... But if u ask me, I think the procedure will be tight and strict enough to prevent almost all fraud and misuse.
To me, donating organ is a good thing as it will still dies when left on a dead man body. It may end up being in a old, low IQ, evil, rich, undeserving, unfaithful, scumbag foreigner's body, but it sure beats it being left in decay if left in the body... Also if such an act is in practise, the more deserving people will still have a higher chance than when the act is not in place... It is still a win win situation where u can't lose... -
mean dat ppl can choose to opt out izzit?Originally posted by nismoS132:it's better to have 10% of the opting out than 10% opting in.
if dats so den the new regulation shld b gd... -
how to opt out of hota.... say u can donate only certain organs only...
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there's the opt out card for non muslims and opt in card for muslimsOriginally posted by bali_victim:how to opt out of hota.... say u can donate only certain organs only... -
why so troublesome, all opt in lah
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cannot lah my body parts leh i want to choose who i give it toOriginally posted by sgboy2004:why so troublesome, all opt in lah -
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what? dun tell me you want to give to any tom dick or harry who doesnt deserve it?Originally posted by nismoS132: -
why not... they got family and people who care about them right... isn't it better than having an extra of pound of rotten flesh to be burnt at the crematorium ?
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if going to give an asshole whos going to make the peopel who care abt him suffer i might as well burn myselfOriginally posted by stupidissmart:why not... they got family and people who care about them right... isn't it better than having an extra of pound of rotten flesh to be burnt at the crematorium ? -
From the ST Forum Page, Tuesday - 20 January 2004
We gave away our daughter's organs
THE debate in Parliament on the amendments to the Human Organ Transplant Act recently caught my attention. It brought me back to the tragedy I had experienced just days before.
My beloved daughter collapsed and died from a rupture of an aneurysm in her brain at the young age of 34 on Dec 21. It came without warning for she had been a very active and healthy woman. Seconds before her collapse, she was talking and joking with her cousins.
She was rushed to Singapore General Hospital where she was put on life-support. A brain scan showed massive blood clots in the left hemisphere.
The next morning, the doctors told my husband and me that the few tests that had been done pointed to brain death, but that they would have to do two more tests when certain conditions in her body had stabilised before they could certify her brain dead.
On Christmas Eve, two neurosurgeons did the tests and officially declared her brain dead. The ward doctor then told us that her brain actually died the moment she collapsed and that she did not suffer any pain.
Even as we were grieving over our great loss, we decided to donate her organs to save others, because she had once mentioned that in the event of her death, she would like to donate her organs for the advancement of science or to save others.
Even as we decided to donate her organs we were still praying and hoping for a miraculous healing. We were just not ready to let her go.
But when the doctors told us that her organs would deteriorate if we delayed having them removed, we finally accepted the fact that she was no more with us and consented.
Watching her being wheeled away to the operating theatre to have her organs removed, I felt as though my heart was being wrenched out of my body. The only comfort was that I knew many lives would be saved. Ironically, not all her organs were taken though we had indicated that all her organs could be taken for transplant. It could be that the doctors could not find a patient with the same blood group.
If our daughter could save others in her death, then she had not died in vain. I know how very painful it is to lose a loved one but think of the many lives one would be saving and how much happiness one would be bringing to the recipients' families.
As for my husband and myself, we had signed up to donate all our organs as early as 1982.
I fervently hope that people will not opt out so that they can save those who are suffering or dying from organ failure. Who knows? One day we might even be at the receiving end.
Y. C. SOON (MDM)
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Would poor lose out on transplants?
I AM all for the Human Organ Transplant Act (Hota) as long as it saves lives.
However, will it exclude the poor just because they cannot afford the cost of a transplant?
People can bequeath their organs upon death but does the person on the waiting list who is a good match always gets to have the transplant, under all circumstances?
Take a hypothetical example. Jeffrey suffers from last-stage kidney failure and his life can only be saved if he undergoes a transplant. A man dies in an accident and his kidney is available.
However, the cost of a transplant is beyond Jeffrey's means. The doctor cannot wait because the kidney will deteriorate if it is not transplanted within a certain time. Would Jeffrey lose the kidney to the next person on the waiting list, who is able to foot the bill?
To save lives or not is solely a personal decision on the part of a donor. Hence if a donor gives up his organs upon his death, that's because he wanted to save lives, lives of people whom he will never know.
Thus if a patient is denied a transplant because he is unable to foot the bill for the operation, we are diminishing the effort to save lives.
NG PENG CHEW
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I think he just brought out an issue not just concerning organ transplant, but whether should medical fees be free or have to pay with a price. Lets say a Mr Lim is very sick and can only be cured using Drug A, which is too expensive for him. The inventor of Drug A want it to saved lifes and not earn a profit, however the company he worked for doesn't think so. Thus Mr Lim died.
Thus if a patient is denied the medical attention because he is unable to foot the bill for the operation, we are diminishing the effort to save lives.
Well... I guess in singapore there is still some insurance or loan available to those who really are poor and need medical attention. Such is the facts of life... if we don't pay medical fees, who will want to be doctors, nurses, researchers and companies producing medicine ?
At least if HOTA is implemented, Jeffrey still has a chance for an organ transplant. If HOTA isn't implemented, Jeffrey will still die too isn't it ? -
No wonder the Act is passed with unanimous votes!
Singapore level!
NO1 in the world! -
I never know I am hated so much tat someone will wanna imitate my nick...
R u the one who called yourself devwei and fireice etc ? -
Do PAP Government release the statistic of life expectancy of different classes in Singapore?
Have u studied ABC in sociology?!
Is it so-called justice when the poor gets exploited even after death?
Do the underdogs except Muslims know how to opt out???
Or the organs are supposed to enhance the Medical Hub status
after Ladan&Lalei?????
These are the questions ST Forum dare not ask!!!! -
sorry, i'm dumb. point is?
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Do PAP Government release the statistic of life expectancy of different classes in Singapore?
So wat ? Wat has it got to do with anything ?Have u studied ABC in sociology?!
Wat tat something about sociology tat I should know?Is it so-called justice when the poor gets exploited even after death?
Then is one own selfishness, ignorance and superstitious tat indirectly cause other people death and misery justice ?Do the underdogs except Muslims know how to opt out???
Everyone can opt out. Why do u think everyone should opt out then ?Or the organs are supposed to enhance the Medical Hub status after Ladan&Lalei?????
Do u lose out anything if singapore enhances its medical hub status ? Wat have u got to lose if u help the living Mankind ? The implementation also helped our own citizens too isn't it.
Point is... I don't understand why u ask these questions... If u really wanna discuss tis topic, why don't u log in another original nick. Otherwise other people will think of u as nothing but an impersonator.
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The not well educated underclass get exploited with their Organs after death.
Are foreigners in the waiting list?
Are private hospitals to hav mor CLIENTS& EARNINGS???? -
The not well educated underclass get exploited with their Organs after death.
Sad to say, it it often the rich well educated people tat donate their organs while the not well educated underclass being superstitious refuse to donate their organs. Instead they sent their organs to be burnt or buried.Are foreigners in the waiting list?
Singaporean are in the waiting list, tat is for sure. And to find matching organs isn't easy. I say many times again, if all donate their organ, it will saved many lives including the rich, the poor, the bad, the good and the ugly. If u r so pissed off with foreigners getting the organs, then maybe u can start off a topic asking Gov to give priority to the singapore people when it comes to receiving organs. In fact it may already be in place now.Are private hospitals to have mor CLIENTS& EARNINGS????
Then does the people who had kidney problems deserve to pay and suffer dialysis every week just because healthy organs from r left to burnt in crematorium ? U deprived the people a chance to see because u rather bury your cornea than let other people use it ? And your reason why not is because u do not want hospital to earn money ?!?! Why do u want hospital to go bankrupt in the first place ? Now is a win win situation isn't it ?
PROS
People get to benefit from the organs they donate. It means a new lease of life for those people who suffer from many ailment such as kidney failures etc.
Singapore may get to improve their economy since their healthcare services had improved.
CONS
I can't get to think of anything to be out in here... Maybe the dead people get to have more beautiful corpse ? The crematorium can burn better with extra pounds of flesh in it ?