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‘I’m so excited’: Jesse Eisenberg is donating a kidney to a stranger (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 week ago by LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone to c/goodnewseveryone@piefed.social

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Actor and director, who is already a regular blood donor, says that he will make the organ donation next month

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[–] Okokimup@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Man I knew you guys did siestas; I didn't know you all donated your kidneys once a week.

[–] krooklochurm@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

The average lifespan in Spain is about three weeks past adulthood and the dialysis industry is the nation's #1 employer

[–] bufalo1973@piefed.social 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

In Spain everyone is by default a donor and every donation is anonymous.

[–] kcuf@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm assuming you mean they default to being a donor when they die, but no one in Spain is going around forcing living people to give up their organs.

[–] bufalo1973@piefed.social 0 points 1 week ago

We can donate while alive but there's not that much of a pressure because being a donor when you die is opt-out. Only blood and bone marrow have campaigns to donate.