{"id":149300,"date":"2025-10-27T14:19:35","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T12:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=149300"},"modified":"2025-10-27T14:19:38","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T12:19:38","slug":"organ-donation-waiting-for-a-new-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=149300","title":{"rendered":"Organ donation &#8211; Waiting for a new life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"922\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Guo_C2DX5ZI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ruth Bopp has been suffering from an incurable lung disease for years. She can no longer breathe freely. A donor organ is finally found. The film shows the beginning of her new life. Her struggle, her happiness, and her setbacks. Ruth Bopp will never forget October 20, 2023. At 3:50 a.m., the ringing of her cell phone roused her from sleep. On the other end of the line: Hannover Medical School. The news: there was a suitable lung for her. An ambulance was already on its way. Ruth Bopp suffered from pulmonary fibrosis, a serious chronic disease that makes breathing increasingly difficult. For years, she was dependent on an oxygen tank. After the transplant, she was able to breathe freely again just four days later &#8211; without a tube or device. &#8220;It was an indescribable feeling,\u201d she says. &#8220;Finally being able to breathe on my own again &#8211; that was wonderful.\u201d But Ruth&#8217;s story is an exception. In Germany, 8,400 patients are urgently waiting for a donor organ &#8211; but there are only 965 donors. The country has what\u2019s known as an &#8220;opt-in\u201d policy: organ or tissue donation is only possible if the deceased person has given their consent during their lifetime &#8211; or if their relatives do so retroactively. In many other European countries such as France, Spain and the Netherlands, however, an &#8220;opt-out\u201d policy applies: anyone who does not expressly object is automatically considered a donor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ruth Bopp has been suffering from an incurable lung disease for years. She can no longer breathe freely. A donor organ is finally found. The film shows the beginning of her new life. Her struggle, her happiness, and her setbacks. Ruth Bopp will never forget October 20, 2023. 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