I stopped being an organ donor the minute I learned that they see you as a harvestable body, not as someone fighting for their life. They also intervene in some states - if you die in the hospital and you are an organ donor then they take priority over your organs. Not your spouse, or your mom or dad. The hospital can gut you immediately for the viable organs. The way I see it, the hospital makes money off of your viable organs and is therefore a conflict of interest to my wellbeing. I do not trust the hospital to protect my wellbeing. They could choose to let me die (who is going to stop them? Its way more complicated in the situation; “mistakes” are always made and may be very easy to hide) and harvest my organs because they don’t give a shit about me or my family. They give a shit about their bonuses, recognition and financial wellbeing.
That is why I am not an organ donor.
Which sucks because I would be happy to give my whole body up after I die; in a perfect world with no conflict of interest or infringement on my husbands ability to say goodbye etc.
I stopped being an organ donor the minute I learned that they see you as a harvestable body, not as someone fighting for their life. They also intervene in some states - if you die in the hospital and you are an organ donor then they take priority over your organs. Not your spouse, or your mom or dad. The hospital can gut you immediately for the viable organs. The way I see it, the hospital makes money off of your viable organs and is therefore a conflict of interest to my wellbeing. I do not trust the hospital to protect my wellbeing. They could choose to let me die (who is going to stop them? Its way more complicated in the situation; “mistakes” are always made and may be very easy to hide) and harvest my organs because they don’t give a shit about me or my family. They give a shit about their bonuses, recognition and financial wellbeing.
That is why I am not an organ donor.
Which sucks because I would be happy to give my whole body up after I die; in a perfect world with no conflict of interest or infringement on my husbands ability to say goodbye etc.
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