Donate Your Carcass Online
My parents always wanted me to go to medical school. uktransplant.org.uk let me make amends by filling out one simple form.
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Posted on 30/11/06 by Paul Herron
As someone who inadvertently destroys or loses donor cards on a regular basis, I was pleased to be referred by a friend to the NHS UK Transplant website. Because a computerised database is difficult to put through the washing machine, I feel much happier that my desire to be broken down for spares will be respected. Signing up is simple, and the questions page sums up rather neatly why this is such a good idea:
One donor can save the life of several people, restore the sight of two others and improve the quality of life of many more. The more people who pledge to donate their organs and tissue after their death, the more people stand to benefit. By choosing to join the NHS Organ Donor Register you could help to make sure life goes on for many others.
There are moral considerations. I pity the poor bastard who, medical advances permitting, inherits this brain. It's inexplicably innumerate, and prone to complete shutdown at the mere mention of the words "essay plan".
Wearing two pairs of glasses (one pair atop the other) as she awaited an emergency appointment at the optometrist's, my Year 9 classmate didn't take kindly to being called "six eyes" from across the room. I didn't say it, but evidently looked guilty enough to warrant a ferocious jab between the ribs with an HB pencil. That my liver survived the ordeal was nothing short of a miracle. If you have my liver and are reading this, please be aware that it's been jabbed very hard with a pencil.
But I digress. Indolence alone is insufficient reason for not signing up. Why not head over there now and stick your name down? In your absence, you may just be able to improve the lives of many people.
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