You said:The hospital cannot and will not take organs unless the parents/guardians give them the ok to do so. Such misinformation is unjust to the people who need them . Been there done that.
But they can and do declare people prematurely brain dead IN SPITE OF OBJECTIONS OF PARENTS OR FAMILY WITH LEGAL HEALTH CARE POWER OF ATTORNEY.
Make sure your loved ones take off the organ donor on driver’s license. It trumps even legal decision members in some states.
That is just stupid.
... But they can and do declare people prematurely brain dead IN SPITE OF OBJECTIONS OF PARENTS OR FAMILY WITH LEGAL HEALTH CARE POWER OF ATTORNEY.
In most states, in cases of death under mechanical means of support, if 2 doctors say you are dead, you are dead. The POA has no standing in this regard.
My daughter would have been dead at the age of eleven if it were not for an organ donor.