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According to the Philippine Renal Disease Registry, 5,000 Filipinos who develop end-stage renal (kidney-related) disease are suitable kidney transplants. But only a handful of them ever get a transplant, and many die while waiting for a donor (source here). One of the reasons pointed out is that organ donation mostly came from living individuals. Very few actually gave consent to have their organs donated when they die.
This is the scenario that the Integrated Program on Organ Donation (IPOD) is hoping to change. IPOD is a non-stock, non-profit organ retrieval service provider with the aim of addressing the growing disparity between living and deceased donation. Deceased donation means that a person made the necessary preparations to have his/her organs donated upon his/her death. IPOD aims to do this through a number of activities that involve the development of an organ procurement program to provide a steady supply of organs from deceased individuals for transplant to patients with end-stage organ disease. It also aims to develop cooperation for the education of the public regarding organ donation, as well as facilitate training and research on the matter.
For more information about IPOD, just click on the pic which will take you to their website.
Disclaimer: This post is not an endorsement of the institutions mentioned above, but a mere dessimination of information. Please let me know if any of the information above is misleading or false, and provide your basis accordingly.
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