Pros And Cons Of Organ Transplants

“Each day, an average of 79 people receive organ transplants. However, an average of 21 people die each day waiting for transplants that can 't take place because of the shortage of donated organs” (The Need Is Real). There are many different views of the pros and cons that make up transplants of all kinds, from organ to bone transplants, and whether or not they should be allowed to be continued. There are a few cons of the different types of transplants. One of these negatives is that the donor usually does not get to choose who will receive his organs. Some donors may get to pick who receives their transplant if a relative is on the list. Otherwise all donations are given to the next person in need of that particular transplant. Another con to transplants is the time of harvesting. “Some

For the recipient, it is a second chance at life without having the constant struggle of medicines and treatments (Donate Life Month). For the family of a deceased donor, knowing that after your tragedy your loved one helped save the lives of one or up to eight people gives a sense of closure and satisfaction that you changed someone else life. A final pro of transplants is the percentage of successful transplants and living recipients after five years is extremely high and only growing with modern day technology. There is around an eighty percent living rate after five years from the transplant with that number growing rapidly. The type of donor does not particularly matter due to numbers of deceased and living donors, both being right about the same percent of success rate. With the little cons and multiple pros towards transplants, as listed above, the positive side far out ways the negative side of transplants. In that conclusion, I personally would be very supportive of transplants and would recommend that everyone who can become an organ donor, to become an organ