China News Agency, Shijiazhuang, June 16 Telegram: Donation coordinator for Chinese human organs "building the bridge" between life and death
Author Hao Ye Li Xiaowei
Life and death have always been a heavy topic, but this is the topic Lubao faces every day.
As a human organ donation coordinator, Lubao has witnessed 40 farewells and welcomed nearly 120 rebirths in seven years.
In 2010, China officially launched the pilot work of human organ donation, and the occupation of human organ donation coordinator followed. In 2013, Hebei officially launched the donation of human organs. He applied for Lu Baosai, who is an attending physician in the urology department of the Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University. After being uniformly trained by the Chinese Red Cross Federation, he became a human organ donation after passing the exam. Coordinator.
Lu Baosai clearly remembered the first pair of kidneys he coordinated and donated. It came from a 19-year-old Hebei boy. From discovering this potential donor, contacting family members, preaching donation policies and regulations to assisting with donations...24 hours Later, under the joint witness of the Red Cross Human Organ Donation Coordinator, the boy's kidney was successfully transplanted to two recipients and continued on the recipient.
It was this first experience as a human organ donation coordinator that made Lu Baosai realize that the "organ donation" gift from the end of life is the hope of many families rebirth.
Since the first exploration, Lubao has contacted more than 200 patients and their families. Sometimes, behind successful organ donation is often accompanied by misunderstandings. Once, Lu Baosai drove to Cangzhou, more than 200 kilometers away, to explain the situation to the patient's family, but was questioned by his family about his identity and purpose.
"People are more vigilant and skeptical of us." Lu Baosai is helpless, confined to traditional ideas, and there is still a lot of misunderstanding of the organ donation coordinator.
In addition to misunderstandings, Lu Baosai also needs to bear disappointment. He recalled that in 2019, a patient's wife repented after agreeing to donate. In order to obtain her consent, she communicated with her for 3 hours and explained the donation policy and regulations in detail. However, that coordination was still unsuccessful in the end.
"When potential donors are discovered, we will do our best to communicate until the last moment, family members have the right to agree or oppose." Lu Baosai believes that the meaning of "relay" for life can not only look at the results, respect each The choice of a family member, and continue to "run" with hope.
Limited to traditional thoughts, organ donation is still a taboo in many people's minds. However, Lu Baosai was gratified that with the changes in laws, regulations, humanities education, and ideas, people's awareness of organ donation has increased, and people gradually realized that letting the organ "live" in the body of others is also life A way of continuation.
According to the official website of China Human Organ Donation Management Center, as of June 15, 2020, the number of effective volunteer registrations has exceeded 2.11 million, and nearly 30,000 donations have been realized. The data shows that in 2018, the number of organ donations in China ranked second in the world. In the same year, the number of organ transplant operations exceeded 20,000, which also ranked second in the world.
"For China with a large population base, there is still a huge gap between supply and demand for organ donation and transplantation." Lu Baosai believes that the development of organ donation involves many aspects of society, and the most urgent task is to establish communication between the attending doctor and the human organ donation coordinator. A mechanism to open up information channels so that the situation of potential donors can be transmitted to the coordinator in a timely and accurate manner, so as to achieve a more optimal organ donation ratio.
On May 28, 2020, the Third Session of the Thirteenth National People's Congress adopted the "Civil Code of the People's Republic of China." Among them, the personality rights were independently compiled and made clear provisions for the donation of human cells, tissues, organs, and remains.
The donation of human organs is related to the safety of life and the dignity of personality. Lu Baosai believes that the development of a series of policies by the state is to promote this cause on the right track. It has a positive significance for promoting a more complete donation system and can also promote the high-quality development of China's organ donation and transplantation.
In a few years, from the city to the countryside, from Shijiazhuang to Langfang, Cangzhou, and Xiong'an New District... Lu Baosai left its footprints in many places. Every year on the Ching Ming Festival, he will participate in the memorial activity for the donors of organs held by the Red Cross Society of Hebei Province to mourn the donors. In his view, the human organ donation coordinator is engaged in the work of "building a bridge" between life and death. "We all say that organ donors are great. In fact, the contributions of human organ donation coordinators are also very valuable and meaningful." (End )