Wednesday, May 2, 2012

On Facebook, Zuckerberg Organ Donation Campaign




A new facility provided the social networking site, Facebook to its users: the donor organ. The latest breakthrough that enables Facebook users who have registered as organ donors to publish it. For those who have not, could enroll.

Later, the 'Health and Wellbeing' will be added to all Timelines linimasa or the Facebooker. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg explained the background to the movement of raising organ donor. "What we hope will happen is, with simple tools, people can have patience with the awareness about the importance of organ donation, that they wish to participate by their peers. We want to belong to overcome the crisis," he said in the show "Good Morning America, "ABC TV, as published by Reuters on Tuesday, May 1, 2012 night.

Zuckerberg claimed to be inspired when chatting over dinner with his girlfriend, Priscilla Chan, who was an apprentice to a pediatrician. He also gets an idea of ​​what the Facebooker.

"When the tornado hit Missouri, a lot of people use Facebook to gather and return the goods which the owner would not expect to find it again," he said.

Zuckerberg hopes, as a Facebooker who has been a donor advertises itself on its website, explaining the background of his willingness, will inspire others.

The survey shows, there are many reasons why not many people agreed to become organ donors. The reason, they might not know how much it needs an organ donor. Others think, they will not get optimal medical treatment if the doctor knows they are a donor.

According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, an average of 79 people who receive organ transplants each day. While 18 people died every day, while waiting for transplantation. Unequal number of organs donated to those in need.

For the moment, Facebook service is only available in the United Kingdom and the United States.

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