1. Situation of organ donation
1.1. Organs is unable to meet the demand.
1.2. 2,000 patients waiting for proper organs every year while about 50 of them passed away in waiting.
1.3. 100 brain-dead patients are suitable for organ donation every year but only about half of them donated.
1.4. Family disagreed due to the traditional belief and the uncertainty of their wishes.
1.5. Hong Kong does not have a dedicated authority. Hospitals do not have dedicated teams.
1.6. A Committee on Promotion of Organ Donation was set up in April 2016 to increase the rate of register.
1.7. The opt-out system is still being investigated.
2. Description of organ donation
2.1. From media & respondents
2.1.1. generous and love
2.1.2. helping and saving lives
2.1.3. mutual benefits and fortune
2.1.4. benevolence
2.1.5. meaningful
2.1.6. open-minded
2.2. From religions
2.2.1. Christians: loving others as self
2.2.2. Catholics: respecting lives and to help others.
2.2.3. Buddhists: eliminate the pain of others and collecting charitable and pious deed (功德) to have a better reincarnation (輪迴).
2.2.4. Islam: saving lives and respecting human dignity.
3. Existing promotion in HK
3.1. Organ Donation Day
3.2. Leaflets and posters
3.3. Booths at MTR stations, hospitals, streets
3.4. Colour books, games, educational material
3.5. Bus parade
3.6. Promotion truck with videos and games
3.7. ‘Organ Donation Promotion Charter’
3.8. Sports gala
4. The real stories related
4.1. Donors & Their family
4.1.1. ‘Putting self to other’s shoes’, they felt the pains and needs of others so decided to help / donate.
4.1.2. Helping others is meaningful and it’s a grace.
4.1.3. The bereaved family felt warm & comforted, donation brightened up the others and also brought happiness to another family.
4.1.4. It feels like the love/ part of the deceased is still here.
4.2. Recipients
4.2.1. Felt depressed and anxious in the tough experience under disease, then very grateful after gained the proper organ to live on.
4.2.2. Learn to treasure and respect life.
4.2.3. Hopes to impact others with love and support organ donation.
4.3. People around
4.3.1. Felt touched and support organ donation.
4.3.2. Learned from the luck about saving lives and hope to deliver the luck to the others.