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Apr 08

民眾自由决定‧更新驾照可签捐器官书

By Compassion
Organ donation advert (google image)

Organ donation advert (google image)

（雪兰莪‧八打灵再也4日讯）交通部长拿督斯里江作汉今日宣佈，凡更新驾驶执照的民眾，可以选择是否填写器官捐献意向同意书措施。

询及上述措施何时落实，江作汉並没有说明明確期限，只表示会儘快落实，因为目前交通部法律顾问仍需研究相关的法律事宜，並克服一些技术问题。

签署捐器官须亲自办理

他说，有关问题包括一些人士並非亲自到陆路交通局更新驾照，而是通过朋友或跑腿，也有者是通过诸如MYEG电子政府服务措施上网更新驾照，但是签署器官捐献意向同意书需要个人亲自办理。

“这些都是我们须要克服的挑战。”

江作汉今日见证阳光无线电德士私人有限公司的100辆德士参与“传播爱，拯救生命”活动，並繫上象徵器官捐献醒觉运动的“绿丝带”仪式上，这么表示。

他表示，上述器官捐献意向书是属於自愿参与性质，並非强制性措施，同时，一些国家，如美国已落实这项措施。

他说，我国去年就发生逾40万宗公路意外，其中在车祸中丧命的人数有6千877人，比2010年的6千872人增加5人，相等於每10万宗车祸有3人死亡，而一般上器官捐赠者都是车祸死者。

德士司机参与活动

活动总策划人周虹伶表示，参与上述活动的德士司机及德士將繫上“绿丝带”，同时德士上也將放置活动传单供乘客索取。

她表示，今日活动也推介面子书专页SpreadLoveSaveLives，以便通过社交媒体让讯息更广为流传。

阳光德士私人有限公司首席执行员崔卉仪表示，该公司德士司机平均每天载送15至20名乘客，每天平均行驶200至300公里路程，这意味著100辆德士一个月將会有至少6万名乘客可以接触到这项醒觉运动。

李霖泰：366死者已捐出器官
万五人痴等换器官

卫生部全国器官捐献行动委员会主席丹斯里李霖泰表示，我国仍有1万5千人等待器官移植，迄今共有366名自愿捐赠器官者遗爱人间，拯救无数人性命。

李霖泰也宣佈，截至今年3月，我国签署器官捐献意向同意书的宣誓捐赠者总共有19万1228人，无论如何，该人数仍然不到全国总人口的1%，仍然须要鼓励更多人参与这项活动。

国家器官移植资源中心首席协调员拿汀丽拉雅斯敏表示，19万名宣誓捐献者当中，以华裔最多，约有55%，其次是印裔约25%，接下来是巫裔约15%。

[source: http://www.sinchew.com.my/node/242542?tid=1]
Oct 23

Donor registration forms now available at selected post offices

By Compassion
Detailed information: Yusasnita Mohd Yusof, 22, reading details of the organ donation form at Pos Malaysia in Jalan Telawi, Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur Friday.

Detailed information: Yusasnita Mohd Yusof, 22, reading details of the organ donation form at Pos Malaysia in Jalan Telawi, Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur Friday.

KUALA LUMPUR: The people can now get organ donor registration forms at selected post offices.

The project is a collaboration between Pos Malaysia Berhad and the Health Ministry in conjunction with the ministry’s Organ Donation Awareness Week running from Oct 16 to 24.

The ministry appointed Pos Malaysia as an agent to enable Malaysians to obtain donor registration forms at 19 post offices, and plans to extend the service to more post offices in the near future.

Pos Malaysia group managing director and chief executive officer Datuk Syed Faisal Albar said the outlets selected were general post offices (GPOs) and post offices in the Klang Valley with a high volume of customers.

Participating GPOs include Kuala Lumpur, Shah Alam, Kuala Terengganu, Alor Setar and Kuching. The post offices in the Klang Valley include the ones in Medan Tuanku, Gombak, Bangsar, Kelana Jaya and Kampung Tunku.

“Currently, more than 147,092 people have pledged to donate their organs and we believe many more are willing to pledge,” said Faisal.

The organ donation registration forms are specially-made postcards with the organ donor pledge card attached.

Customers only need to fill the form and mail it with a 60 sen stamp to the National Transplant Resource Centre. They also need to keep the donor card.

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Mar 09

Be an organ donor in Malaysia

By Compassion

You can download and print the Donor Pledger Form here. Fill in all the required information and chose the tissue or organ that you wish to donate. Write in the name of your next of kin and sign the form. Completed forms can be sent to National Transplant Resource Centre at:

Pusat Sumber Transplant Nasional
Hospital Kuala Lumpur
Jalan Pahang
50586 Kuala Lumpur
Fax: 03-2615 6269

You can also call us using the toll free number 1-800-88-9080 to acquire the registration form. A donor card will be sent to you and you are required to fill in and sign the card. This card must be kept together with your Identification Card (I/C) at all time.

Tell your family about your decision to be a registered pledger so that your wish of donating your organ will be fulfilled. This will also make it easier for your family to allow your organ to be donated when and if the time comes.

Children under the age of 18 must acquire parents or guardian’s consent before registering as a pledger.

Registering, as a pledger does not require any payment or medical/health check-ups.

[source: http://www.agiftoflife.gov.my/eng/organdonor.html]
Jan 09

[News] Final rites for donor Chiew

By Compassion
Self-made badge by Chiew, now a souvenir for her family

Self-made badge by Chiew, now a souvenir for her family (image from chinapress.com)

MUAR: The body of Chiew Fong Neo was cremated at the Batu 13 Muar-Tangkak crematorium yesterday.
The 43-year-old mother of three was the saviour of four people who received her lungs, kidneys and liver following a hit-and-run accident on Sunday which claimed her life on Tuesday.

Chiew’s livers were transplanted into a 43-year-old woman identified as Sarojini, a victim of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis who underwent a 10-hour double lung transplant at the National Heart Institute.

Chiew’s kidneys were given to a 51-year-old man from Batu Pahat and an unidentified patient who both went through five-hour transplants at the Selayang and Kuala Lumpur hospitals respectively.

Another recipient was a 9-year-old girl who underwent a liver transplant at the Selayang Hospital.

It is learnt that Chiew’s heart valves and cornea, which were also donated, will be used for surgeries within the next few days.

Chiew, an electronics factory worker in Singapore, died at the Sultanah Fatimah Specialist Hospital in Muar two days after her motorcycle was rammed from behind by a car in front of a 24-hour convenience store in Tangkak at 4pm.

She was rushed to Tangkak Hospital and later transfered to the Sultanah Fatimah Specialist Hospital, where she died of severe head injuries on Wednesday.

Chiew’s husband, Len Liang Peng, 44, a fruit hawker in Singapore, and her elder sister, Fong Kiaw, said the family did what Chiew wanted, that is to donate her organs to give life to others.

They said Chiew liked to help others in need and was involved in many community and social works.

“We want to fulfil her wish of donating her organs to those in need. We pray for her soul to rest in peace,” Len said.

“We also hope the police could quickly arrest the person who caused her death.”

Chiew had returned to her home in Taman Wawasan Two, Tangkak Jaya about a month ago to arrange for the schooling of her three daughters, Len Wei Mean, 13, Wei Yee, 10, and Wei Ing, 5.

Len’s mother, Yap Geok Moi, 67, said she would take care of the children.

[source: http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/articles/13gya/Article/index_html]

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[News] A life who saves five – National Heart Institute does lung transplant again

Jan 06

[News] A life who saves five – National Heart Institute does lung transplant again

By Compassion
Special delivery: Doctors rushing to place organs donated by Chiew (pic) onto a helicopter yesterday.

Special delivery: Doctors rushing to place organs donated by Chiew (pic) onto a helicopter yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR: After a lapse of two years, the National Heart Institute (IJN) performed a lung transplant on a patient last night.

The family of Chiew Fong Neo (pic), 43, from Tangkak, agreed to donate a pair of kidneys, cornea, liver, lungs and heart valves after the hit-and-run accident victim was declared brain dead.

Their generosity enabled IJN to perform its first lung transplant since 2007 when the country’s first heart and lung transplant patient Siti Salmah Jasni was operated on. Siti Salmah died on Nov 28 the same year.

According to Chiew’s sister Fong Kiao, 54, the victim, who was working in Singapore, was hit by a car at Taman Tangkak Jaya on Sunday.

She said her sister had previously made known to her family her wish to donate her organs.
 
IJN heart and lung services clinical director Dr Mohamed Ezani Mohd Taib left the institute at 11am for Muar before flying back with the lungs.

The helicopter touched down at the KL hospital football field at 6.10pm.

The operation for the lungs began right after that and lasted for about eight hours.

Chew’s kidneys and liver were transported in an ambulance for transplant procedures in other hospitals.

This is the first time the Sultanah Fatimah Specialist Hospital in Muar has harvested organs from an accident victim.

Its director Dr Ahmad Pauzi Abu said it was a team effort by several parties, including IJN, the hospital, the Armed Forces and police. He thanked the victim and her family for their noble act.

 [source: http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/1/6/nation/5420065&sec=nation]