{"id":766,"date":"2015-04-02T15:32:15","date_gmt":"2015-04-02T15:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/?p=766"},"modified":"2020-01-31T11:20:17","modified_gmt":"2020-01-31T11:20:17","slug":"are-you-a-registered-organ-donor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/are-you-a-registered-organ-donor\/","title":{"rendered":"Are You a Registered Organ Donor?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/download.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-767\" src=\"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/download.jpg\" alt=\"download\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Are you a registered organ donor? April is National Donate Life Month.&nbsp; Take a moment to celebrate those that have saved lives through the gift of donation and to educate yourself about organ donation.<\/p>\n<p>According to the United States Department of Health and Human Services nearly 124,000 men, women and children are awaiting organ transplants in the US.&nbsp; One organ donor can save up to eight lives, however 21 people still die each day waiting for an organ.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few popular myths and facts about organ donation:<\/p>\n<p>Myth:&nbsp; Age, illness or physical defects can prevent me from becoming a donor.<\/p>\n<p>Fact: A person\u2019s medical condition is evaluated at the time of death to determine what organs and tissues are viable for donation. People living with chronic diseases or those who have a history of cancer or other serious diseases are still encouraged to join the donor registry.<\/p>\n<p>Myth: If doctors know that I am registered to be an organ or tissue donor, they won\u2019t work as hard to save my life.<\/p>\n<p>Fact: The first priority of a medical professional is to save lives. Organ and tissue donation isn\u2019t even considered or discussed until after death is declared.<\/p>\n<p>Myth: My religion doesn\u2019t support organ and tissue donation.<\/p>\n<p>Fact: Most religions support organ and tissue donation.&nbsp; Discuss organ and tissue donation with your spiritual advisor if you have concerns on this issue.<\/p>\n<p>Myth: My family will be charged for donating my organs.<\/p>\n<p>Fact: Costs associated with recovering and processing organs and tissues for transplant are never passed on to the donor family.<\/p>\n<p>To find out how you can register as organ, eye and\/or tissue donor in your state, please visit http:\/\/organdonor.gov\/becomingdonor\/stateregistries.html<\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer\">All content of this newsletter is intended for general information purposes only and is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.  Please consult a medical professional before adopting any of the suggestions on this page.   You must never disregard professional medical advice or delay seeking medical treatment based upon any content of this newsletter.<strong>  PROMPTLY CONSULT YOUR PHYSICIAN OR CALL 911 IF YOU BELIEVE YOU HAVE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY.<\/strong> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you a registered organ donor? April is National Donate Life Month.&nbsp; Take a moment to celebrate those that have saved lives through the gift of donation and to educate yourself about organ donation. According to the United States Department &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/are-you-a-registered-organ-donor\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1],"tags":[116,42,114,115],"class_list":["post-766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-health","category-health","tag-donatelife","tag-fhmc_nyc","tag-ndlm","tag-organdonation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=766"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/766\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5809,"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/766\/revisions\/5809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}