Question

The United Network for Organ Sharing, about 122,000 people are on the waiting list to receive a kidney transplant just in the US alone. Normally, a healthy person is born with 2 kidneys; however, we can function with only one. Living donation can increase the limited supply that currently comes mostly from cadavers. Right now living donation is strictly done out of altruism. Paying donors might increase the supply. Should people be able to sell their own organs - like a kidney? Should families be able to sell the organs of their deceased family member? Why or why not?

Answer 1

kidney donation is a life saver, to the deceased,provided it becomes a business.If the organ is donated from a close relative eg.from parents,siblings,,spouse who are physically, mentally, and genetically tested and prooved to be fit for donation it can save a life.Since there is a increased shortage of organ,it is recommended to be allowed for people to donate their kidneys,now in many families the relatives refuse,or are not medically fit for donation,in their cases the organ donation from a outsider who fits in all the criteria of donation can be of great help.provided they follow all the rules as per THO {TRANSPLANTATION OF HUMAN ORGAN ACT}.The main advantange of kidney donation from a living person than from a deceased donar is that the kidney from a living person functions immediately unlike from a dead person.other medical and social problems are technical difficulties in engrafting.so it is recommended that kidney donation should be allowed provided it serves the need ,than being commercialised