Talk about good coverage. Personally I am happy to see Malay newspapers highlighting the issue of organ donation. It's good in that the Malay community will be made aware of the severity of the problem of the lack of organs for transplant operations.
Last Friday in Utusan Malaysia, a reader gave his comment that "organs are not us to keep." If only we can make more people realise about this.
The following day in the same newspaper on the front page, there is a write-up on the 12,000 kidneys of road victims which are unused. In the same newspaper on the same day, a journalist friend of mine, Zin Mahmud, wrote that there is a need to treat organ donation the same as blood donation.
This healthy discussion continues on Sunday in Mingguan Malaysia. Ustaz Mohd Shauki Abd Majid of YADIM wrote an article explaining Islam's stand on this issue and why there exist differences in opinion.
Not a bad week for discussing organ donation. I have received an invitation to go on air again to discuss this issue this coming Thursday. Insya-Allah if everything goes as planned, I'll be on TV1 again this Thursday.
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