Religious leaders support organ donation

Churches and religious communities in Serbia have encouraged organ donation when aimed at preservation of human lives.

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Thursday, 27.05.2010.

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Churches and religious communities in Serbia have encouraged organ donation when aimed at preservation of human lives. This was the conclusion of a round table in Belgrade today, entitled, “The role of churches and religious communities in the national transplantation program”. Religious leaders support organ donation Representatives of churches and religious communities, transplantation experts and patients’ representatives signed a joint statement, which says that Christianity, Judaism, and Islam see it as a “religious obligation to treat the ill and prolong their lives”. The joint statement adds however that it supports the creation of a national organ donation program exclusively in order to preserve human lives, and not for the purposes of medical experiments or education of medical students. The statement was signed by Rabbi Isak Asiel, Secretary General of the Riaset of the Islamic Community in Serbia Eldin Asceric, SPC Bishop of Jegar Porfirije and representative of the Catholic Church Vladislav Varga. The goal of the round table held at the National Bank of Serbia (NBS) and organized by Society of Serb-Jewish Friendship, the Jewish Community of Belgrade and the Center for Democracy was to encourage more active participation of traditional religious communities in the promotion of organ donation. According to the data read at the gathering, 3,700 patients in Serbia are undergoing dialysis, 1,300 are on waiting lists for kidney transplants, while there was no data about patients who need heart and liver transplant.

Religious leaders support organ donation

Representatives of churches and religious communities, transplantation experts and patients’ representatives signed a joint statement, which says that Christianity, Judaism, and Islam see it as a “religious obligation to treat the ill and prolong their lives”.

The joint statement adds however that it supports the creation of a national organ donation program exclusively in order to preserve human lives, and not for the purposes of medical experiments or education of medical students.

The statement was signed by Rabbi Isak Asiel, Secretary General of the Riaset of the Islamic Community in Serbia Eldin Ašćerić, SPC Bishop of Jegar Porfirije and representative of the Catholic Church Vladislav Varga.

The goal of the round table held at the National Bank of Serbia (NBS) and organized by Society of Serb-Jewish Friendship, the Jewish Community of Belgrade and the Center for Democracy was to encourage more active participation of traditional religious communities in the promotion of organ donation.

According to the data read at the gathering, 3,700 patients in Serbia are undergoing dialysis, 1,300 are on waiting lists for kidney transplants, while there was no data about patients who need heart and liver transplant.

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