小白老师说：34岁的医生英年早逝，捐献器官救六人。正如新闻所报道的，“他像一道光，重新点燃所有人心中燃烧过的灰烬。” 向宋巍医生和他的家人致以最崇高的敬意！

5月31日，长海医院（Shanghai Changhai Hospital）进修医生（a trainee doctor）宋巍突发脑干出血（suffered an acute brainstem hemorrhage），虽经全力抢救，仍然回天乏力。6月15日晚，宋巍的生命走到了终点（was pronounced dead），年仅34岁。

他的双亲和妻子得知噩耗后毅然决定，帮他完成最后的心愿（decided to complete his final wishes）——捐献肝脏、肺、肾脏、角膜（corneas）和皮肤组织（skin tissue），拯救等待器官移植的病人。

“他是一名医生，救死扶伤是他的天职（He is a doctor. Healing the wounded and saving the dying was his life mission）。虽然他走了，但是捐出器官可以拯救更多病人的生命！” 宋巍医生的妻子马女士含着眼泪说。

上海市红十字会（Shanghai Red Cross Society）常务副会长高解春说：“上海人体器官捐献志愿者登记已超过5000例（the number of registered organ donors in Shanghai exceeds 5,000）。”

Types of Organ Donation 器官捐献的种类

Living donation 活体器官捐献

Living donation offers another choice for transplant candidates, and it saves two lives: the recipient and the next one on the deceased organ waiting list. Even better, kidney and liver patients who are able to receive a living donor transplant can receive the best quality organ much sooner, often in less than a year.

Deceased donation 遗体器官捐献

Deceased organ donation is the process of giving an organ or a part of an organ, at the time of the donor’s death, for the purpose of transplantation to another person. At the end of your life, you can give life to others.

Vascularized Composite Allografts (VCA) 血管复合移植？（此处存疑，希望医生朋友们留言指点）

Vascularized Composite Allografts (VCAs) involve the transplantation of multiple structures that may include skin, bone, muscles, blood vessels, nerves and connective tissue. The most commonly known type of VCAs are for hand and face transplants.

Facts about Organ Donation

1. One organ donor can save up to eight lives. The same donor can also save or improve the lives of up to 50 people by donating tissues and eyes.

每位器官捐献者至多可以拯救八条生命。通过捐献人体组织或角膜，每位捐献者可以使50人的生命被挽救或生存质量得到改善。

2. More than 120,000 people in the United States are waiting for organ transplants. （Solid Organs: Hearts, kidneys, pancreases, lungs, livers and intestines）.

在美国，正在等待器官移植的病人已经超过12万。

3. On average, 18 people die every day while waiting for organ transplants in the U.S., and every 10 minutes, another name is added to the waiting list. In New York State, someone dies every 18 hours waiting for an organ transplant.

平均说来，在美国，每天有18人因为没有器官可移植而死去；每10分钟就增加一名需要器官移植的病人。在纽约，每18小时就有一名病人因为没有器官可移植而死去。

3. Each year, more than one million people need lifesaving and life-improving tissues, and eyes. （Tissues: Heart valves, cardiovascular tissue, bone and soft musculoskeletal tissue, and skin.）

每年，需要角膜、组织的移植来救命和改善生存质量的病人超过100万。（这些组织包括：心脏瓣膜、心血管组织、骨骼和肌肉软组织，还有皮肤。）

4. The factors that determine who receives an organ include severity of illness, time spent on the waiting list, and blood type. Financial or celebrity status has no bearing on determining who receives a transplant.

决定接受器官捐赠的次序的因素包括病情的轻重、在等待名单上的时间长短，以及血型。经济地位和社会声望对受捐次序没有影响。

5. Donation takes place under the same sterile conditions as any medical procedure. A donor’s body is never disfigured and donation does not interfere with funeral arrangements.

器官捐献与其他医疗手术一样，在无菌环境下进行。器官摘取不得破坏遗体外观，不得干扰葬礼的举行。

6. If you’re a donor, your family does not pay any bills related to donation.

器官捐献者的家人无需为捐献付出任何费用。

7. All major religions support donation.

各大宗教都支持器官捐献。

8. It is illegal to buy and sell organs in the U.S. The system for matching donor organs and potential recipients is regulated by the Federal Government.

器官买卖在美国是非法的。在美国，器官捐献者和潜在受捐人的匹配系统由联邦政府管理。

9. The success rate for organ transplants is between 80 and 90 percent.

器官移植的成功率为80%至90%。

美国华盛顿邮报于5月22日报道了这样一则新闻——在体外跳动的心脏

Donated organs kept ‘alive’ may ease the transplant shortage ▼

This organ transplant “system” defies the old notion of transporting organs on ice. It keeps transplanted organs warm, monitors activity and perfuses them with blood.

约翰霍普金斯曾做过一例五颗肾脏同时进行移植的伟大手术，可戳下方蓝字回顾**▼**

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