7 Spaniards who were euthanised last year donated their organs – BioEdge

Well, well, well, that didnt take long, did it?

Spain legalised euthanasia on June 25 last year and already transplant surgeons are using organs from euthanised patients. According to a report in the Spanish magazine Redaccon Mdica, 7 patients donated their organs even though the government has still not release national guidelines for such procedures.

Why the rush?

The head of Spains National Transplant Organization (ONT), Beatriz Domnguez-Gil, said that the ONT intuited [sic] that some euthanasia patients would like to donate their organs. It quickly drafted some guidelines for transplant coordinators so that euthanasia donation could be normalised throughout the country.

Every case has to be treated very delicately, says Sra Domnguez-Gil. If a euthanasia patient wants to donate, he has to do it in a hospital setting, and not at home.

She emphasized that the decision to donate and to provide aid in dying must be independent. Totally independent professionals participate. The provision of aid in dying is channeled and then the donation is considered, she says.

No official figures have been released, but the ABC, a national newspaper estimated that about 50 people had been euthanised in 2021. To have persuaded 7 out of those 50 to donate their organs 14% is an amazing achievement.

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