BY: CHRISTOPHER FERNANDEZ

There is not much awareness being created of organ donation and harvesting in Malaysia and the government and Non-Governmental Organizations and activists should strive to educate Malaysians and create greater awareness.

While there might be some resistance by certain religions and religious taboos these must be overcome to highlight the need to save the life and limb of those recipients waiting to receive organs.

In advanced and developed countries, there is great awareness and there is also a preparedness and readiness by people to donate their organs that others might not suffer or die but to live by their kindness in donating organs.

In a developing nation like Malaysia, which is expected to some onstream as an advanced and developed country in the year 2028, it is still a crying shame to see people suffer or die without benefiting from organ donation.

There not only must be educational programmes in place to highlight the need for healthy people to donate their organs, there must also be community initiatives undertaken to remove any misconceptions about donating organs.

Malaysians must come together and close ranks and agree in a common bond and in unison that race and religion should be no barriers to the facilitating of organs donated by people who must think foremost of and give priority to saving limb and life.

-THE MALAYSIA VOICE

** The views expressed on this opinion is of the writer and not the publisher