Every year’s June 11st is “China Organ Donation Day”. Sponsored by China Organ Transplantation Development Foundation and China Organ Donation Administrative Center, the day is created to actively promote our country’s organ donation work, and raise people’s awareness of donating organs. This year is the sixth “China Organ Donation Day”. On the morning of June 10th, the Department of Organ Transplantation, together with the expert team of the Department of Thoracic Surgery and Cardiovascular Surgery held the “Organ Donation and Transplantation” free consultation activity at the square in front of Huamei Building. Hou Junping, Secretary of the Party Committee of Qilu Hospital, Shen Jian, Director of the Medical Donation Service Center Office of Red Cross Society of Shandong Province showed up at the event. Han Hui, Vice President of Qilu Hospital, Gao Fei, Director of the Party Committee Office of the hospital, Yan Yan, Secretary of the General Party Branch of the Department of General Surgery, Jin Bin, Director of the Department of Organ Transplantation, other staff of the Medical Department and relevant clinical labs of the hospital, and OPO workers participated in the activity.
 
On behalf of the hospital, Hou Junping thanked the Red Cross Societies at all levels for their care and support to Qilu Hospital over the years. He said that Qilu Hospital has attached great importance to the development of organ transplantation, to which organ donation is closely related. He hoped this activity would take our hospital’s organ donation and transplantation work to a new level.
Shen Jian pointed out that Red Cross Society of Shandong Province has been devoted to spreading awareness for organ donation, promoting the spirit of the Red Cross “humanity, fraternity and devotion”. This activity would further promote the development of organ donation cause in Qilu Hospital, said Shen.


Experts explained relevant knowledge of organ donation to people, answered questions about relevant steps of registering body donation and organ donation, and introduced the current situation of organ transplantation, as well as precautions before and after surgery.
A total of 350 organ donation publicity and education materials were distributed in the event, benefiting about 600 people. More than 200 people consulted experts about organ donation and transplantation. People who participated in the activity said that organ donation is another way of continuing life and love. Many people filled out the organ donation consent on the spot.

By Xie Yang, Sun Yingtao