The health authorities expressed their concern about the lack of willingness of people to enable donation processes that help save lives since the development of a culture is required, overcoming fears and beliefs to enable more lives to be preserved.
“We haven’t started the year well, things are bad. Of eleven families that we have approached to request donation for transplant purposes, ten have refused, they have opposed the application of the legal presumption of donation, this gives us a refusal of 91%, a situation that worries us and that “It creates complexity for us in the idea of helping to give hope of life to many people who require a transplant to avoid death,” said Dr. Hernán Sarrias, CRUE doctor, a reference for the Health Secretary and member of the National Transplant Network.
The health professional said that it is necessary to advance a process of social awareness, overcome cultural aspects and move forward, since there is a lag compared to other departments that have assumed the culture of donation as part of a comprehensive process to restore hope. of living to those who require human will.
According to figures from the Ministry of Health, the donation rate in the department of Huila It is one of the lowest in the country and people’s refusal to donate is equally high, so it is imperative to work on the culture of organ and tissue donation, overcoming religious aspects, fear of social accusation, among others.
“We have problems with the donation percentage, family refusal is very high, that is why we have proposed to work on an issue that we have called Culture of Organ and Tissue Donation for him Department of Huila. We have to remove the fear, the fear of people and remove those taboos that often do not allow us to understand and appreciate the importance of making life possible for others.
We want to impact the population, we want to go to educational centers, hold awareness talks in public and private companies to openly explain what this process consists of, make known the laws that allow it, demystify so many aspects that often affect the decision. end of a person or family,” said Dr. Cristian Andrés Gómez, coordinating physician of the transplant unit of the Neiva University Hospital.
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One of the purposes of Departmental Government and the Ministry of Healthis to work on the development of plans and programs aimed at social awareness, Huila has a highly complex hospital center, with highly trained professionals who have carried out transplant processes with great success, but today it is also imperative to ensure that more families In an act of sincere will, allow your loved ones at the time of death to allow their organs in good condition to help save those who have the option to continue living.
