Donate body organs to support needy patients – surgeons
Speaking to New Vision, Dr Tom Mwambu, a Senior Consultant Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeon, said that if a patient is brain dead, there is no need to bury that person when there is a young person who needs that organ to live a meaningful life.
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“If doctors declare your person brain dead, relatives should be able to consent so that surgeons can transplant that person’s body organ in order to improve graft quality for donation,” Dr Mwambu said. (Credit: Mpalanyi Ssentongo)
By NewVision Reporter
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KAMPALA - Surgeons are appealing to the public to voluntarily donate their body organs to support other needy patients.
The call was made Tuesday during the second