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People of black and Asian origin urged to join NHS organ register and help save lives
8:50am Thursday 8th December 2011 in News By Claire Lomax
Anita Rani, who is backing the campaign
A new celebrity-backed campaign has been launched to urge West Yorkshire’s black and Asian communities to join the NHS organ donor register.
Currently, 38 per cent of patients awaiting organ transplant in West Yorkshire are from black and Asian communities, yet these communities account for less than two per cent of people who have signed the organ donor register.
Black and Asian people are more susceptible to illnesses such as diabetes, kidney disease and heart disease, which may result in organ failure and the need for a lifesaving transplant, but because of a lack of suitable organs, they often wait up to three times as long for a transplant than the general population.
Now a host of celebrities, including actor Ricky Whittle, chef Ainsley Harriott, The Apprentice star Tim Campbell, actor Riz Ahmed, actress Nina Wadia and Bradford-born TV presenter Anita Rani, are getting behind a campaign by NHS Blood and Transplant, which sees roadshows being held in city centres across the country to highlight the need for more organ donors.
The roadshows have already taken place in London and Birmingham and will be in Leeds on Saturday, before moving on to Bradford on Saturday, January 14.
Celebrity TV presenter Anita Rani, who was born and raised in Bradford, said: “I think everyone should become an organ donor. You won’t need your organs after you die but they could be used to save someone else’s life. What an amazing thing to do on your way out.”
To join the NHS Organ Donor Register, visit organdonation.nhs.uk or facebook.com/organdonationuk, call the NHS Donor Line on 0300 1230000 or text ORGAN to 64118.
* Read the full report in today's T&A.
Comments(14)
Joedavid
says...
10:35am Thu 8 Dec 11
Mekon wrote:Are you qualified to speak about the muslim religion in that?
I think there is a belief that organ and blood donations are something white people do. Some Asians think that it is against their religion...which isn't the case.
Albion.
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10:49am Thu 8 Dec 11
Joedavid wrote:http://www.uktranspl
Mekon wrote:Are you qualified to speak about the muslim religion in that?
I think there is a belief that organ and blood donations are something white people do. Some Asians think that it is against their religion...which isn't the case.
ant.org.uk/ukt/how_t
o_become_a_donor/rel
igious_perspectives/
leaflets/islam_and_o
rgan_donation.jsp
I think a lot of such beliefs are based on superstition rather than religious teaching.
Joedavid
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11:56am Thu 8 Dec 11
Albion. wrote:Appears to be NHS statement of what they think Muslims believe.
Joedavid wrote:http://www.uktranspl ant.org.uk/ukt/how_t o_become_a_donor/rel igious_perspectives/ leaflets/islam_and_o rgan_donation.jsp I think a lot of such beliefs are based on superstition rather than religious teaching.Mekon wrote: I think there is a belief that organ and blood donations are something white people do. Some Asians think that it is against their religion...which isn't the case.Are you qualified to speak about the muslim religion in that?
Huneybunch
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12:00pm Thu 8 Dec 11
Albion.
says...
12:13pm Thu 8 Dec 11
Joedavid wrote:It includes comments from the Muslim Council of Great Britain.
Albion. wrote:Appears to be NHS statement of what they think Muslims believe.
Joedavid wrote:http://www.uktranspl ant.org.uk/ukt/how_t o_become_a_donor/rel igious_perspectives/ leaflets/islam_and_o rgan_donation.jsp I think a lot of such beliefs are based on superstition rather than religious teaching.Mekon wrote: I think there is a belief that organ and blood donations are something white people do. Some Asians think that it is against their religion...which isn't the case.Are you qualified to speak about the muslim religion in that?
angry bradfordian
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12:33pm Thu 8 Dec 11
Perhaps we should go for the system of having to opt out of donation and go a bit further so that anyone who's opted out is disqualified from getting a transplant.
Thee Voice of Reason
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12:50pm Thu 8 Dec 11
Albion. wrote:You won't get through to people like this. He thinks mentioning such things makes you a racist.
Joedavid wrote:It includes comments from the Muslim Council of Great Britain.Albion. wrote:Appears to be NHS statement of what they think Muslims believe.Joedavid wrote:http://www.uktranspl ant.org.uk/ukt/how_t o_become_a_donor/rel igious_perspectives/ leaflets/islam_and_o rgan_donation.jsp I think a lot of such beliefs are based on superstition rather than religious teaching.Mekon wrote: I think there is a belief that organ and blood donations are something white people do. Some Asians think that it is against their religion...which isn't the case.Are you qualified to speak about the muslim religion in that?
Colin Allcars
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6:07pm Thu 8 Dec 11
Are religious laws altered to suit?
Chevy Chase II
says...
6:40pm Thu 8 Dec 11
angry bradfordian wrote:A very interesting point, AB.
I have no problem with people not wanting to be an organ donor, as long as they don't want to be the recipient of somebody else's generosity when it all goes wrong.
Perhaps we should go for the system of having to opt out of donation and go a bit further so that anyone who's opted out is disqualified from getting a transplant.
Chevy Chase II
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6:41pm Thu 8 Dec 11
Colin Allcars wrote:Muslims are allowed to eat pork if on the brink of starvation.
What does the Muslim Council say about all the muslims who were treated for diabetes with pork insulin?
Are religious laws altered to suit?
.
But only enough to see them through :)
Albion.
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6:46pm Thu 8 Dec 11
Colin Allcars wrote:http://www.islamoped
What does the Muslim Council say about all the muslims who were treated for diabetes with pork insulin?
Are religious laws altered to suit?
iaonline.org/fatwa/m
ay-diabetic-muslims-
use-insulin-made-pig
There is your answer but I don't see what relevance it has to this topic.
Axees
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7:06pm Thu 8 Dec 11
http://www.islam.tc/
cgi-bin/askimam/ask.
pl?q=7693&act=view
Patrick Bateman
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9:43am Fri 9 Dec 11
Mekon says...
10:18am Thu 8 Dec 11