Aisyah Attan recently had to go through the heartbreaking experience of seeing her brother pass away in hospital last Friday after he collapsed on the way back from visiting a clinic.
Adding to the grief of her family was seeing Singapore's Human Organ Transplant Act (HOTA) in action, in which the kidneys, heart, liver and corneas will be removed in the event of death of all citizens and Permanent Residents of ages 21 years and above. The only way not to get your organs removed when you die is by opting out of HOTA during your lifetime.
Aisyah's brother, however, did not opt out of the Act. As such, doctors took his healthy organs after his death, as was required by law. His family could do nothing to stop them, despite their protests, and Aisyah took to Facebook in anger to condemn HOTA.