[Subtitle] June 11th is China Organ Donation Day.

Under normal circumstances, a donated organ can save the lives of 7 patients.

If the corneal tissue is also donated, it can also regain the light of 2 patients.

Do you know how to register as an organ donation volunteer?

  [1] What are the ways of organ donation?

  [Concurrent] Xue Kai, Organ Donation Coordinator, Beijing Tsinghua Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

  There are three ways now.

One way is that we can follow "China Human Organ Donation" on our mobile phone, which is a WeChat official account that can be registered voluntarily on it.

Then it will have an electronic card and a physical card, which can be sent to volunteers if needed.

  The second way is to search for the words "giving and receiving" through WeChat official account or Alipay. This is a voluntary registration platform of the China Organ Transplant Development Foundation, and related operations can also be carried out.

  In our organ donation office, some volunteers often come to our office for consultation.

Then we will have a paper voluntary registration form. This form is available in the organ donation offices of various transplant hospitals and the Red Cross.

After you fill in your own information directly, a certificate will be issued to you.

  [2] What do I need to do after registration?

  [Concurrent] Xue Kai, Organ Donation Coordinator, Beijing Tsinghua Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

  After becoming a volunteer, you must talk to your family.

Because after our emergencies, generally our own patients are in a coma, so we need (with) family members after talking to them, and we need their consent and support.

  [3] Under what circumstances can volunteers donate their organs?

  [Concurrent] Xue Kai, Organ Donation Coordinator, Beijing Tsinghua Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

  The first is that the condition meets the donation standard. Potential donors who meet the organ donation generally include five major types of diseases: cerebral hemorrhage, brain injury, ischemic hypoxic encephalopathy, brain tumors, and stroke. When the disease is irreversible, it will reach brain death Organ donation can be done when you are in the state.

  [4] What is the process of organ donation?

  [Concurrent] Xue Kai, Organ Donation Coordinator, Beijing Tsinghua Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

  First, the consent of your family members is required. If you are an organ donation volunteer, you also need your family members to sign the organ donation document.

Then we will conduct an assessment of the organs of potential donors, and then start a procedure of hospital ethics review.

  After the patient’s heartbeat stops, we have to perform surgical harvesting in 5 minutes, and the harvested organs must be transferred to the transplant unit for transplantation as soon as possible.

Then after the acquisition is over, we have to suture the donor’s surgical incision. After the suture, we have to clean up his body, restore his appearance, and put on clothes. When the family sees the donor, the donor Just like normal people who died, we lay there peacefully.

  [5] Can my family members know to whom my organ was transplanted?

  [Concurrent] Xue Kai, Organ Donation Coordinator, Beijing Tsinghua Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

  All organ donations should comply with a national regulation, which is a double-blind system. Donors and recipients do not know each other, nor can they know specific information.

  [Subtitle] As of June 10, 2021, the number of registered organ donations in China has exceeded 3.4 million, and the lives of more than 100,000 patients with organ failure have been extended through organ transplants.

  Reporter Wen Mengxin reports from Beijing

Editor in charge: [Sun Jingbo]