Donate gives a life expectancy

This September 26 is celebrated in Mexico National Day of Organ Donation and Transplantation , which seeks to promote the donation of organs and tissues to more than 17 thousand patients who need a transplant.

According to information from the Mexican Red Cross , the decision ofdonate it's just thedonor , in the same way you can revoke your decision and choose not to do so; however, you must inform immediately all those people who need to know, such as your family, as they will be your spokespersons.

 

What can be donated

 

  1. By cardiac arrest can be donated tissues like: bone,skin , corneas, tendons, heart valves, cartilage and arterial and venous blood vessels.
  2. By brain death you can donate: heart, lung , liver , kidneys , intestine , pancreas and the tissues mentioned above.
  3. In life you can donate segment lung , liver , pancreas and intestine ; in addition tokidney, bone marrow Y peripheral blood stem cells .

Authorities of the National Center of Investigation and Assistance of Burnings (CENIAQ), from National Institute of Rehabilitation , signed an agreement with the Centers of Neurology and Neurosurgery, as well as with the General Hospitals of Mexico and Juárez de México, to obtaincadaveric skin donation for the treatment of people suffering from burns.


 
In this regard, the doctor José Ángel Córdova Villalobos , former federal health secretary of Mexico, said it is important to promote the culture ofcadaveric skin donation , because although there is knowledge of kidney donation , little is known about the skin :

 

In this Center, techniques such as compression garments are studied and / or applied to achieve fast and functional recovery of patients, dermal implants and skin , Bank oftissues Y hyperbaric medicine ”.

For more information, contact the National Transplant Center: (55) 5631-1499, inside the Republic: 01-800-201-7861 and 62, from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Donate an organ and save a life!