Post-Mortem Organ Donation (Adi Card)

This portal contains information about organ donation after death; through the signature of the diseased on an organ donation card (Adi card) or through other means.

According to the Ministry of Health website, as of 2013 there are more than 1,000 Israeli children and adults waiting for organ transplants. Approximately 250 of them will receive an organ transplant within the next year, while approximately 100 of them will die waiting for a transplant. In order to help those in need, the Israeli public is invited to sign an Adi card, which declares the carrier's willingness to have his/her organs donated after death.

Although no one likes to think about their death, there are situations in which, in the hospital framework, those who are "brain dead" have the opportunity to save the lives of others by having their organs donated when they pass.

This portal addresses the declaration of willingness to donate as well as the rights that come with it and what happens when someone who signed an Adi card passes away.

See also…

• Organ Transplants
• Live Organ Donation
• End of Life
• Health and Illness
• תרומת איברים מן המת (כרטיס אדי)

Terms

• What is an organ transplant?
• Medical Center Licensed Under the Organ Transplant Law
• Organ Transplant Coordinator
• Transplant Trustee Physician
• The National Transplant Center Database

Consent to Organ Donation

• Adi card
• Religious organ donor card under halachic supervision
• Consent of the living to post-mortem organ donation (signing an Adi card)
• Revoking consent to organ donation (cancelling an Adi card)

Family Consent

• Family consent to organ donation from a deceased family member who did not sign an Adi card
• Family consent to organ donation from a deceased family member who signed an Adi card

Additional Rights

• Organ transplant priority
• Funding burial costs for a post-mortem organ donor

Government Agencies

• The Ministry of Health
• The National Transplant Center

Laws and Regulations

• The Organ Transplant Law
• The Brain-Respiratory Death Law
• The Anatomy and Pathology Law, 5713-1953 (on the Nevo website)

Additional Publications

• The Ministry of Health's English website: Organ Donations and Transplants

Credits

• Original translation by AACI's Shira Pransky Project.