Sharing a Life – Miracle for Hui Yi

Just when the heart from the first donor was rejected by her body (due to her intense immune system), miracles happened. A second heart from another donor came to the rescue. And thank God, the operation was successful and the second heart was well accepted by her body. It was a great decision by Yoon Kiong’s (20-year-old accident victim) parents to donate his organs for the needy. Perhaps, his death is fated and a “pre-plan” for him to share his life with others as despite being brain dead, his lungs, kidneys and heart were still ‘alive’. That’s the miracle of life.

While Hui Yi only have to wait less than a year to get not only one heart but two hearts, there are thousands of other patients still waiting for an organ donor. Some even waited until they died. She was lucky because with the help of the media, the public is informed and her touching story helped to build public awareness. Compared to other nations, organ donation in Malaysia is still far below par. Only 110,000 pledges have been received so far. This is due to the popular religious beliefs that donating organs will make “a dead person incomplete” and thus cannot go to heaven. However, in all religions, none is against organ donations. In fact, it’s a act an ultimate act of charity. I remember a story told by a monk how the Great Buddha sacrificed his own body to feed a starving tigress that eventually not only saved her but also her cubs. Of course, we’re not forced to do such act, but at least donating our organs after we died can be a sign of self-detachment from our body and a self-less act of not only ending our sufferings but also the sufferings of others.

I’m a registered organ donor. I don’t know whether you have signed up as one, but if you’re willing to sign up, you may do so in all General Hospitals near you or visit Rayma’s Website for info. Remember, whether you believe in heaven or not, “the way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart. (Buddha)”.

Tags:Life, Lost Paradise, sharing

4 Comments

ease, October 6, 2007 @ 12:43 pm Reply

I believe that if government pays more respect to the organ donors, more and more people will be more than willing to donate their organ…Didn’t catch up with the newspaper recently…Hope to hear how Yoon Kiong is treated after this incident
KeeMan, October 6, 2007 @ 1:07 pm Reply

What do you mean by respects for organ donors?

And how Yoon Kiong is treated? What do you mean?
ease, October 6, 2007 @ 1:36 pm Reply

well, 4 tzu chi, we practice a tradition in which after the transplant, we will meet the donor to show our appreciation to them. How amusing is that that although our beloved has died, their spirit is still alive in another body. In Taiwan, quite a number of ppl will donate their body to Tzu Chi after they die. Bcoz of that, many medical students in Tzu Chi University have the chances to learn in the ratio of 5:1 or even smaller…forgot the ratio. We call those who donate their body to the medical school as teacher and after we learn all fr them, we give them a proper funeral…not jz dump them away after we have get what we want, without knowing their story of life. That’s why years ago the organ donation campaign launched by gov not so successful becoz of the lack of respect.
KeeMan, October 6, 2007 @ 3:32 pm Reply

The problem is up until now, i never heard the Malaysian Government dump the “dead”. In fact, they funeral cost is sponsored by the Ministry of Health as a token of appreciation for willing to donate.

But i think “lack of respect” is not the main problem for Malaysians. The problem is mindset. Most people don’t want to see their love ones to be “tear apart”. Besides, the body is returned to the parents or family to give them proper burial, no issue of the hospital dumping dead people.