Nonetheless, organ donation has become something of a hot topic in recent months, and was given a big boost at the end of last year when the family of shot policeman Chan Ping-li, pronounced brain dead by doctors, agreed for his organs to be donated.
但是近來器官捐贈，卻成為熱門話題。首先是去年底，遭受歹徒槍擊而被醫生判定腦死的萬華分局警員詹炳立，經由家屬同意，捐出器官給需要的病患，使國內尚不普遍的器官捐贈風氣，為之一振。