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The law 24,447 on Organ, Tissue and Cell Transplantation, called the Justina Law in homage to the person who promoted it from her moving case, is a rule inherent to organ donation that has been in force in the Argentine Republic since July 2018.

The regulations were approved unanimously by both houses of Congress.

All are donors, except those who express that they

The body of the law establishes that everyone is a donor, except that in life they have expressed that they do not want to be, and then it allows the ablation of organs and tissues of all those over 18 years of age.
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The main difference that this law made with respect to the previous ones is that since its sanction no family member of the deceased and potential donor may prevent the donation if the person enabled it in life.

Many times it happened that an individual had expressed their willingness to donate, however, a family member objected after her death and this made it impossible.

Now, as of the Justina Law, all Argentines who have not provided otherwise are organ donors.

Other provisions of the law

In addition, the law created the Procurement Service in public and private hospitals that must have precisely specialized areas that facilitate access to information and ensure the efficient detection and treatment of donor.

She also approved cross-kidney donation and the processes that require intervention of justice.

Justina moved everyone and changed history

Justina Lo Cane suffered from congenital heart disease and needed an urgent transplant of heart of her to save her life.

Unfortunately, she did not succeed during the three months in which she remained interned at the Favaloro Foundation waiting for the arrival of the organ.

She passed away on November 22, 2017, at the age of 12.

However, and even though her personal story did not have a happy ending for her if she got specify what he planned while still alive: a law to help other people who are in the same situation.

"Let's help everyone we can" and "Multiply yourself by 7" were the slogans promoted by Justina and her family from the gates of Favaloro, tirelessly.

Justina's dream came true

According to his parents, they were the ones who took up his daughter's plan and the ones who fought the most after the death of her for the law to be sanctioned, it is a milestone in the matter, which will save the lives of thousands of people.

Despite the enormous pain over Justina's death, they feel that it was not in vain and that somehow this made up for so much sadness.

Statistical numbers demonstrated the success of the new law, because one year after it was approved, transplants increased by 60%.

The possibility that the law opened up led to fewer and fewer patients being on the waiting list and those reaching the point of being declared in emergency national.

Justina's case shows that people tend to change their ideas when they empathize with some situation or person, and in the case of this girl it happened, without a doubt.

Her fierce struggle moved the entire country and the legislators who decided to approve without exception the last dream that Justina had before she died.

How to declare yourself a donor

The forms through which the will to be a donor can be expressed are: registration on the My Argentina website, in the civil registries when the DNI is processed, sending a telegram Via Correo Argentino at no cost, signing a certificate of conformity in INCUCAI (Unique Central National Institute Coordinator of Ablation and Implant), the Argentine organization responsible for promoting, coordinating, and controlling everything inherent in the process of donation and transplantation of organs.

It depends on the Ministry of Health of the Nation and it was created in 1993, on March 24th.

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