I've heard this before, and though I don't think it's on Snopes, I've also read articles dismissing this as totally fictitious. I SERIOUSLY doubt that a doctor would let someone die just to save someone else. I mean, for starters, it just doesn't make sense (unless the doctor's ailing wife is next on the donor list or something), plus even if one or two people felt that way, there would be others who wouldn't. Have you ever gone into the ER after a car crash? I have. I only had minor injuries and there were STILL like eight people swarming around me. If it was obvious that a victim still had a chance, and the doctor clearly wasn't doing it, people would notice. Plus, even if you ARE a donor, there is no guarantee your organs will even be usable -- I don't know stats, but I think there's only a small percentage of donated organs that are actually viable.
Oh, and it is not enough to just say on your driver's license that you want to be an organ donor -- it is up to your family after your death, unless you've done all the advance directives stuff. So, since I want to be an organ donor, I put it on my driver's license and carry around a signed card indicating I want my organs donated, plus every couple months I mention to my husband, "Don't forget I want to be an organ donor if I die!" And he says, "I know. Stop telling me that."
We none of us know what's on the other side -- but considering as how our physical body quickly rots away and becomes dust in the ground, I don't see any reason for hanging onto any useful body parts once I'm dead. I think organ donation is great and I wish that more people would do it.
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Re: Random question about organ donation..
