Myth:bonnes affaires hotel Lagos "If I'm admitted into the hospital and the doctors know I am a donor, they won't try to save my life."
Fact: There is no conflict between saving lives and using organs for transplantation. Medical professionals will do everything they can to save your life. By law, the doctors who work to save your life are not the same doctors involved with organ donation.

Myth:Thira accommodation "They might take my organs before I am really dead."
Fact: Organ donation is only accepted following the declaration of death by a doctor who is not involved in transplantation. In order to donate organs, a patient must be declared brain dead, or in cases where a family requests withdrawal of ventilator support, declared dead by cardiac criteria. Brain death is the complete and irreversible loss of all brain function, including the brain stem. To be a legal determination, Virginia Code requires two physicians to make this declaration based on clinical exams and nationally accepted brain death testing methods.

Myth: "I don't need to sign up as an organ and tissue donor because my family will make the final decision."
Fact: The Code of Virginia states that family permission is not required, and your decision at save7lives.org will be honored. It is helpful to talk to your family about your donation decision so that they may assist in carrying out your wishes.

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