0 a card you can carry that says you want doctors to use parts of your body to help ill people when you die
Is not the basic trouble with the donor card scheme the fact that none of us believes that accidents will happen to us?
We are constantly seeking to encourage organ donation through the donor card scheme and by supporting local initiatives.
Thus, the donor card scheme has outlived its usefulness.
The strain on doctors must be greatly relieved when the dying person is known by a donor card record to be a willing kidney donor.
During the five years since the kidney donor card scheme was introduced, some i 1 million cards have been supplied.
A person may, however, amend a kidney donor card to cover other or all organs if required.
One unit has provided leaflets and other publicity material in the majority ethnic language explaining organ donation and the use of the donor card.
However, our view is that the donor card scheme has played a valuable role, especially when used in conjunction with other publicity initiatives.
