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Transplant Patient’s Day: Myths about organ donation

Transplant Patient’s Day: Myths about organ donation

On World Transplant Patient Day, which is celebrated this June 6, a priest who is an expert in health pastoral care debunks some myths about organ donation.

This special date is promoted by the World Health Organization (WHO) to encourage organ donation so that people with chronic or terminal illnesses can continue living.

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Myths about organ donation

In statements to ACI Prensa, Father Mateo Bautista, Camillian priest, nurse and doctor of Theology in Health Pastoral, explained that people should not be afraid because the entire process, in organ donation, is legal and transparent.

“Let us not be carried away by the obscurantism of false opinions that oppose the generous and Samaritan donation of organs after our death,” urged the priest of Spanish origin who serves in Peru.

Father Bautista also came out against those who distrust the procedure and believe that organs are extracted from living people or those who have been murdered to obtain them.

“The entire donation procedure is done under the law with the rigor of medical protocols, with the approval of our family and always after our brain death, proven by a medical team different from the team that extracts the organs and performs the transplant,” said the expert. Everything is carried out “with utmost transparency,” he stressed.

For an organ to be transplanted to another person, it must meet some requirements: it must be healthy and in good condition, it must be of the same blood group and have the same Rh factor, and it must not be rejected by the immune system of the recipient.

Life after death

The priest also highlighted that “after our death we can give life in this life thanks to the voluntary donation of our organs.”

“How many people have recovered their health and returned to normal life after receiving a generous transplant? The potential organ donor card should not be missing from our portfolio. The consent of potential donors must be recorded in official documents,” she assured.

This issue, encouraged the Camilo priest, “must be treated with great serenity in the family.”

To conclude, Father Mateo Bautista recalled that “Jesus donated his blood and his entire body to us. Let’s register as potential organ donors. It is giving life.”

Originally published June 6, 2023. It has been updated for republication.

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