American organ donation system is corrupted

I am an organ donor, I recently heard about the doctor (Hootan Roozrokh) in California who has been charged by prosecutors of prescribing excessive doses of morphine and sedatives to hasten the death of a disabled man with cerebral palsy, in order to procure his organs for transplant. He died from the results

I did extensive research on American organ donation, and I learned some very frightening and disturbing things.

I want to share them so that people will understand that they are not being given the whole truth:

-- At Emanuel Medical Center in Turlock, Calif., neurologist Narges Pazouki said an OPO (organ-procurement organization) representative pressed her to declare a patient brain-dead before the appropriate tests had been done. She refused. Would you like some bueaurocrat pronouncing you or your loved ones dead so they can harvest your organs quicker?? Or worse, hastening your death? It has happened (just do research on Dr. Hootan Roozrokh)

-- In many hospitals, organ network representatives now routinely comb through patients' records looking for potential donors. That frightens me. What happened to patients' medical records being confidential?

--In some cases, OPO representatives request tests, such as HIV screening, of a patient without obtaining family members' consent, or ask doctors to administer blood pressure drugs or other medication to keep a possible donor's organs viable until their suitability can be determined and the family consent can be obtained.

-- Just because you are an organ donor, does not gaurantee you will be put on the organ waiting list. It is a little known fact that you are only put on the waiting list if you have HEALTH INSURANCE. So.....if you are a donor, but have no health insurance (which a large percentage of americans fall under), DO NOT expect to be given that same "gift of life" you are so gladly offering others....

-- Wealthy foreigners can come to this country and be placed on the transplant lists. To prevent the influx of non-US citizens from using too many organs while US citizens are dying, UNOS has a policy that a transplant center should not do more than 10% of their transplants on non-citizens. Even one transplant on a non U.S. citizen is a travesty. If those wealthy foreigners need an organ, perhaps they should use their money to advocate for better organ donation procedures in their own countries instead of taking organs from dying U.S. citizens. Proof positive that money talks with our organ donation system.

-- Unlike the official propaganda, the actual process of removing the organs DOES often disfigure the corpse, and there have been witnesses (doctors of course) who have went on record referring to the process as "butchering". Imagine your loved one's remains being treated with such disrespect.. It makes me shudder....

-- I also recently found this little lesser known fact from various FAQs for organ donation:

Question:
Are organs allocated based on race?

Answer:

When an organ procurement organization ("OPO") places a person on the
UNOS waiting list, race is a part of the information that is collected by
UNOS. They use this information to develop and evaluate allocation
policies and for research purposes.


Translation: YES, organ allocation IS based on race. A very subtle form of "affirmitive action" exists even in the organ donation system.

But of course, that is in the fine print and for obvious reasons is not intentionally publicized. And of course, proponents of this flawed evil system will spin it in such a way that it is harmless and innocent...

but the question begs to be asked: If race is NOT a factor, why is it included in the UNOS waiting list at all???

It is because of the above results of my research that I have decided to no longer be a donor.

I strongly encourage everyone to get ALL the facts first before making such a decision. Please do research to learn more then the official propaganda (which not suprisingly paints a very rosey picture)... weigh your research...

I am betting that once you learn what really goes on, you will think twice about our current organ donation system.


-I don't want to achieve immortality through my work, I want to achieve it through not dying.