• Holby City 'scared off organ donors', doctors claim
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[quote][B]BBC drama Holby City has been accused of scaring off organ donors.[/B] Last week's episode depicted a mother's struggle to decide whether her brain-dead daughter should donate her heart. In one scene, she saw the operation in progress, despite withdrawing consent. NHS Blood and Transplant said several potential donors had asked to be removed from the register as a result. The BBC said the plot was meant to show what happened if rules were ignored. In a letter of complaint, NHS Blood and Transplant said the episode was "misleading" and "wholly inaccurate". It said producers had ignored the concerns of a senior transplant nurse who had been consulted on the script. "Despite her sharing her professional concerns about the proposed storyline, these scenes were nevertheless retained, presumably for the purpose of creating a more controversial storyline in which the bodies of recently dead were portrayed as commodities and the wishes of grieving relatives treated with callous disregard. "It was in our view both inexcusable and reckless that her in-depth knowledge of the organ donation system was ignored." The letter continued: "We have already been contacted by people asking to be taken off the Organ Donor Register as a direct result of having seen this programme." Prof James Neuberger, associate medical director at the authority, and his colleague Dr Paul Murphy said a "potential outcome" of the episode was that "fewer people will become donors and fewer people will get life saving transplants, all for the sake of 'a good story'". [U]Consequences[/U] Last week's episode of Holby City was seen by 4.75 million people. It followed the mother of a girl, who had been left brain-dead in a car accident, as she came to terms with her daughter's condition. Visibly distressed, she sought out the transplant team and accidentally met the family of a potential organ recipient. Transplant specialist Mo Effanga, played by Chizzy Akudolu, subsequently told the mother the meeting "shouldn't have" happened. "Donor and recipient families are never allowed to meet until after the procedure," she explained. "And even then, I'm talking months. A year in most cases." Effanga later relented, suggesting the mother could meet the recipient face-to-face, hoping that such an encounter would encourage her to press ahead with the heart transplant. When her colleague Jonny Maconie (Michael Thompson) warned she could lose her job over the matter, the meeting was called off. Later, the mother saw her daughter being wheeled into theatre and tried to put a stop to the transplant. Effanga effectively ignored her wishes and said it was too late to reverse the procedure. After the operation, Maconie accused his colleague of "lying to a bereaved mother". Effanga countered she could "justify a tiny lie if it means giving a young girl a second chance at life". NHS Blood and Transplant said the storyline "flies in the face of the three cornerstones of organ donation in the UK - anonymity, trust and altruism - and instead presents donation as a callous utilitarian process in which donors are commodified". It could not supply a figure for the number of people who had asked to be removed from the organ donation register as a result of the programme, but said staff had "reported several calls". In response, the BBC said: "Holby City has the utmost respect for real life medical professionals and in no way was it our intention to suggest that our portrayal of a heart transplant was an accurate reflection of how such a scenario would typically be handled within the NHS. "As with all storylines we worked closely with medical experts who advised on transplant protocols but the purpose of this storyline is to dramatise the consequences that could arise should the correct protocols be wilfully ignored. "This is an ongoing story and in the weeks to come viewers will see the main character Mo face up to the fallout of her actions."[/quote] [url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23575817]Source[/url]
Nice one BBC, Casualty is better anyway.
People don't have the guts anymore
If it's a family member or someone I care about a shitload I'd probably do it. And if I die, fuck it they can take whatever they want; I'm not gonna miss it!
I am inclined to view people who deliberately deny organ donation from a body of deceased relative when there's even a specific acceptor ready for the organ as sorta scummy. Respecting the dead is one thing, but "comfort" for the dead should always come far after health of the still living. I would sign up for organ donation but I am pretty sure my relatives know I would agree with it, anyway. Once I die, pick me apart and play football with my organs for all I care, as long as the body has SOME use afterwards.
lol the retards i really don't see why organ donation hasn't been made opt-out yet, it saves so many lives and your organs would just be rotting in the ground/burnt to ash anyway if you're not on the register sign up for it now: [url]https://www.organdonation.nhs.uk/how_to_become_a_donor/registration/consent.asp[/url]
[QUOTE=Awesomecaek;41744083]I am inclined to view people who deliberately deny organ donation from a body of deceased relative when there's even a specific acceptor ready for the organ as sorta scummy. Respecting the dead is one thing, but "comfort" for the dead should always come far after health of the still living. I would sign up for organ donation but I am pretty sure my relatives know I would agree with it, anyway. Once I die, pick me apart and play football with my organs for all I care, as long as the body has SOME use afterwards.[/QUOTE] I SPENT [I]n[/I] YEARS BUILDING THIS PERFECT BODY AND DAMN I'M NOT JUST GONNA LET IT ROT WHEN I KICK IT
[QUOTE=Noss;41744097]lol the retards i really don't see why organ donation hasn't been made opt-out yet, it saves so many lives and your organs would just be rotting in the ground/burnt to ash anyway if you're not on the register sign up for it now: [url]https://www.organdonation.nhs.uk/how_to_become_a_donor/registration/consent.asp[/url][/QUOTE] From what I remember, there was a place/state/country that briefly made organ donation opt-out, leading to a massive influx of people opting out.
[QUOTE=Awesomecaek;41744083]I would sign up for organ donation but I am pretty sure my relatives know I would agree with it, anyway. Once I die, pick me apart and play football with my organs for all I care, as long as the body has SOME use afterwards.[/QUOTE] Not sure how it is in the Czech Rep. but it might be worth signing up for the register anyway, if it's easy to do. Just to make sure that they know 100%. I made sure my relatives know that I don't want to keep anything in the event of a crash or whatnot, in addition to getting a donor card so that I can be certain my organs will be chucked at whoever actually needs them.
[QUOTE=Noss;41744097] if you're not on the register sign up for it now: [URL]https://www.organdonation.nhs.uk/how_to_become_a_donor/registration/consent.asp[/URL][/QUOTE] Huh, I didn't realise it would be that easy. They literally just match your details up to your NHS file and flag you up as an organ donor. Pretty cool.
[QUOTE=macdoo999;41744290]Huh, I didn't realise it would be that easy. They literally just match your details up to your NHS file and flag you up as an organ donor. Pretty cool.[/QUOTE] i always thought you had to go into an office somewhere and fill out a bunch of stuff but apparently it's just an online form, so now when i'm dead doctors can go full Metal Gear Rising on my body and give my testicles to elephants or horses in need of transplants
[QUOTE=Lambda 217;41744363] but apparently it's just an online form, so now when i'm dead doctors can go full Metal Gear Rising on my body and give my testicles to elephants or horses in need of transplants[/QUOTE] I am sure your testicular donation will make some hamster very happy one day.
[QUOTE=Lambda 217;41744363]i always thought you had to go into an office somewhere and fill out a bunch of stuff but apparently it's just an online form, so now when i'm dead doctors can go full Metal Gear Rising on my body and give my testicles to elephants or horses in need of transplants[/QUOTE] But you still wont have the brazilian swag of Samuel. Do remember that!
[QUOTE]It followed the mother of a girl, who had been left brain-dead in a car accident, as she came to terms with her daughter's condition[/QUOTE] I thought being brain dead was as dead as you could get since when is being dead a condition?
[QUOTE=RobbL;41744694]I thought being brain dead was as dead as you could get since when is being dead a condition?[/QUOTE] Cant your body still function with the aid of machines even after brain death? Sure you are dead, but to a desperate family member, you would still look alive.
I will donate my organs in hope that they gain control of the receiver's body like liquids hand in mgs.
This is silly, from what I can work out the entire (multi episode) story arc is about the transplant team doing the wrong thing and getting punished for it in the end. If anything its doing a good thing by pointing out there are in fact ethics involved in transplant, even if they are showing this by breaking all of the rules. [editline]7th August 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=fulgrim;41744784]Cant your body still function with the aid of machines even after brain death? Sure you are dead, but to a desperate family member, you would still look alive.[/QUOTE] The body's organs still function (ie blood is being pumped etc) but the brain does nothing. Its the reason they keep brain dead people "alive" for organ donations, it allows the organs to be as "fresh" as taking them out of an alive body.
[QUOTE=Lambda 217;41744363]i always thought you had to go into an office somewhere and fill out a bunch of stuff but apparently it's just an online form, so now when i'm dead doctors can go full Metal Gear Rising on my body and give my testicles to elephants or horses in need of transplants[/QUOTE] [img]http://rookery.s3.amazonaws.com/1158500/1158818_7bf5_625x1000.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=Desuh;41744954]I will donate my organs in hope that they gain control of the receiver's body like liquids hand in mgs.[/QUOTE] This had me cracking up hard. Though that episode of Holby sounds like a pretty disgusting grab at a controversial story at the cost of leaving a terrible impression on the NHS. Not even House pulled some shit like this; he manipulated and coerced with family but got consent.
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