Indore has now entered among the top Indian cities in organ
donation. We are now ranked second (amongst cities) when a sum total is
calculated for eye, skin and cadaver donations. We
have now started making a green corridor and transporting the organ to other
cities by air.
This
news has captured everyone’s eyes last week, but there are still few myths
related to this. Let’s understand the whole stuff…
What is organ donation?
Organ donation is the donation of biological
tissue or an organ of the human body from a living or
dead person to a living recipient in need of a transplantation. The donor of the
organs plays a role of God in the life of organ transplanted person. One organ
donor can save more than 8 lives in his life by donating his well function
organs.
A reality check
More than 5 lakhs of
the Indians are dying every year just because of the failure of their major
functioning organs anytime.
·
200,000 people die of liver disease
·
50,000 people die from heart disease
·
150,000 people await a kidney transplant but only 5,000 get
one
·
1,000,000 people suffer from corneal blindness and await
transplant
Law for safe organ
donation
To prevent the commercial dealing in
human organs a Transplantation of Human Organs (THO) Act was passed in 1994.
Aim of this act is to regulate the removal, storage and transplantation of
human organs for therapeutic purposes only.
Who can donate?
·
A
deceased donor, after brain death or cardiac death
·
A
living donor, who can give a kidney, or a portion of the liver, lung, intestine
or pancreas
Which
organs can be donated?
Up to 25 different
organs and tissues can be donated for transplantation.
Transplant able organs include :-
·
Heart
·
Kidneys
·
Liver
·
Lungs
·
Pancreas
·
Small intestines
Transplantable tissues include
·
Blood, blood vessels
·
Eyes
·
Skin
·
Bones
·
Bone marrow
·
Cartilage
·
Connective tissues
·
Heart valves
Maximum
time span between recovering organs/ tissues and transplantation
Lung (4-6 hours)
Heart (4-6 hours)
Liver (12 hours)
Pancreas (12 hours)
Kidney (12
hours)
Skin (6-12 hours)
Corneas (14 days)
Reason for low organ
donation rate
Most of the people do
not have proper awareness about the organ donation, which organs can be
donated, when they can donate, how to get registered for the organ donation,
etc. Some people do not interested in the organ donation or do not show their
independent desire for organ donation because of the family pressure or their
own fear and myths.
How
to donate
There are two ways to donate organs:
1.
By pledging for organ donation when a person is
alive
2.
By consent of family after death
Indian Society of Organ Transplantation
was initiated the Transplant Registry in India in 2005. There is a facility of
online organ registry for the people all over India who are willing to donate
organs on their own will. Organ registry ensures the proper organ donation as
well as the fair use of donated organs in the future according to the priority
of need and requirements of the organs to the recipients. Please visit the following website for
registration :-
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