Malaysia Organ Donation
Malaysia is committed to protecting the health and safety of every donor and recipient in transplantation.
Malaysia organ donation. This commitment is illustrated in the enactment of the human tissue act 1974 which legally controls the removal of an organ for therapeutic purposes. Deceased organ donor rate in selected countries 2018 global number of patients with organs transplanted in select countries 2018 number of organ transplants in the united kingdom uk 2009 19. Malaysia currently adopts a soft opt in system for organ donations. It is not new in malaysia as it is a treatment method that has been accepted in our country.
Around february this year some questions went up in the air here in malaysia namely. About mst malaysian society of transplantation became a registered society on 22 july 1994. The number of patients who need organ transplants is increasing from year to year but the number of pledgers who want to donate after death is low. The issue of organ donation is something that i m personally invested in even more so when it became the subject of controversy recently.
Health director general dr noor hisham abdullah says malaysia is committed to protecting the safety of every organ donor and recipient. The answer is yes. Malaysia is committed to protecting the health and safety of every donor and recipient in transplantation. Organ donations are totally halal and even sanctioned by our religion.
Meanwhile negeri sembilan health director dr abdul rahim abdullah said that the organ donation rate in malaysia is one of the lowest in the world as reported by bernama in october 2016. In a recent report by bernama national organ donation public awareness action committee chairman tan sri lee lam thye revealed that only an average of 35 000 malaysians register as organ donors each year. Are organ donations halal. This commitment is illustrated in the enactment of the human tissue act 1974 which.
The health ministry today said it condemns any. The fact that these countries and all the other countries which report much higher organ donation rates than malaysia achieved such success not by permitting or promoting the buying and selling.