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 (source: Wikipedia). \u00a0Organ and tissue transplant is one of the most important fields in medical sciences today. The people who have no hope of survival […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[27],"class_list":["post-4872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-yd-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4872"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35461,"href":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4872\/revisions\/35461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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<\/a><\/p>\nThe number game on organ donation is very sad and depressing worldwide. According to WHO (World Health Organisation) a statistic of 2013 of world countries on organ transplantation, India stood 26th in 30 countries. This statistic was majorly on liver and kidney transplants, as they constitute to 90% of transplants worldwide. When we check the numbers on organ donation within India, state of Tamil Nadu has been the flag bearer from the start. In India deceased multi-organ donation has gone from 196 in 2012 to 411 in 2014. But in Tamil Nadu alone, it has moved from 83 in 2012 to 136 in 2014. In India, 200,000 people need a new kidney every year and 100,000 need a new liver, but only 2 to 3 percent of the demand for new organs is met. Till 2013, only 0.01 percent people pledged their organs after death, compared to 70 to 80 percent in western countries, WHO observed.<\/p>\n
We can help someone have a second chance to live a better life by donating our organs. A medically fit human can donate organs and tissues to save as many as 8 lives! I think there can\u2019t be an easier way to help someone and become their reason of a healthy life.<\/p>\n
Further, there are two types of donations, living and cadaver donors. A living person can donate 1 kidney, part of liver and pancreas, as our body can function efficiently even after these donations. A dead person can donate organs such as kidneys, livers, pancreas, intestine, lungs, heart and tissues such as eyes, skin, bone, heart valves, tendons, blood vessels, and nerves.<\/p>\n
There are many myths around organ donation, some even say their religion doesn\u2019t allow organ donation after death. Rather all major religions of the world promote organ donation and ask its followers to do so. Being registered with some organ transplant group or with the government is a good idea. Because you can inspire people around you with your decision and bring a positive change.<\/p>\n
\nJohn Allston famously said,\u201d The only thing that you take with you when you\u2019re gone is what you leave behind.\u201d<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n
In India, the Mohan Foundation in Chennai is the NGO that has created maximum awareness and worked in this field. It has worked throughout the nation and outside for the cause. Other groups where one can know more about organ donation and become donors are:<\/p>\n
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- Gift Your Organ http:\/\/www.giftyourorgan.org<\/li>\n
- Narmada Kidney Foundation \u2013 http:\/\/www.narmadakidney.org\/<\/li>\n
- Shatayu \u2013 www.shatayu.org.in<\/li>\n
- Apex Kidney Foundation \u2013 www.apexkidneyfoundation.org<\/li>\n
- MOTHER \u2013 www.mother.org.in<\/li>\n
- TANKER \u2013 www.tankerfoundation.org<\/li>\n
- GANADARPAN (Kolkata) \u2013 http:\/\/www.ganadarpanindia.in\/<\/li>\n
- ZCCK \u2013 http:\/\/www.zcck.in\/<\/li>\n
- ZTCC \u2013 www.ztccmumbai.org<\/li>\n
- NDTNINDIA \u2013 www.ndtnindia.org<\/li>\n
- NNOS \u2013 www.nnos.org<\/li>\n
- Organ donation India \u2013 http:\/\/donatelifeindia.org\/<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
References:<\/h5>\n
http:\/\/donatelifeindia.org\/about-organ-donation\/myths-faqs\/<\/h5>\n
http:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/india-news\/india-facing-acute-shortage-of-organ-donors-616190<\/h5>\n
ISOT newsletter Aug\u201915<\/h5>\n
http:\/\/www.mohanfoundation.org\/<\/h5>\n