Director of Health Ronald Lam says that as long as residents have the right to choose, there are no human rights issues
Hong Kong authorities could look again at introducing an organ donation opt-out mechanism to boost the city’s low registration rate, a senior health official said on Sunday.
A lawmaker and an organ donation advocate, however, warned about a potential backlash from residents over such a policy and urged the government to first check public opinion on the issue and step up promotion of the existing voluntary registration scheme.
Their calls followed comments by Director of Health Ronald Lam Man-kin lamenting that the registration rate for organ donors in Hong Kong was lower than in many other developed economies.
”Can we restart the discussions on implementing an organ donation opt-out mechanism in the future?” Lam said at a ceremony to mark the achievements of the Hong Kong team at the World Transplant Games in Germany in August.
