Organ donation involves removing tissues or organs from a living or recently deceased person for transplantation into another person. People of all ages can donate organs, and donation can occur from both living and deceased donors, though deceased organ donation provides access to more organs and must be transplanted within hours. While organ donation is voluntary in most places, systems can be opt-in, where explicit consent is required, or opt-out, where consent is assumed unless the deceased registered refusal. Common organs for donation include kidneys, liver, heart, lungs, pancreas, and corneas. However, organ shortages persist due to lack of family consent and negative public attitudes sometimes related to religion, fear, or misunderstanding.

1. ORGAN DONATION
PRESENTATION

3. What is Organ donation:
Organ donation is the process of
removing tissues or organs from
a live, or recently dead, person to
be used in another.
The former is the donor and the
latter is the recipient.
People of all ages can become
donors.

4. Who can be a donor:
Type of donors
Some organs can be donated by a
living person
Almost all organs can be donated
by someone dead but this has to
reach the recipient within a few
hours after the donor's death.
In case of live donation the donor
should give his consent .
In case of cadaver donation,
relatives need to provide consent.

5. Voluntary Donation:
Almost everywhere organ
donation is voluntary
Two voluntary systems include –
1.Opt In - Where the donor gives
consent
2.Opt Out - Where anyone who
has not refused is considered as
a donor
In India we have the Opt in
system, while many western
countries practice the opt out
system

6. Organs for Donation:
Some of the organs
that are commonly
donated -
• Kidneys
• Eyes (cornea)
• Heart
• Lungs
• Liver
• Pancreas
• Skin

7. Organ shortage – reasons:
Family consent, and negative
attitude contribute towards
organ shortage.
This could be due to the
following reasons -
• Religion
• Fear, ignorance and
misunderstanding
• Legal aspects
• Media reports on scandals
involving organ rackets

8. Questions

9. Organ Donation
Improving Organ Donation
Currently organ donation can be
termed as a "crisis with a cure."
The following are some ways to
improve organ donation-
• Improved patient care to
facilitate easier approach for
organ donation, in case of patient
death
• Trained transplant co-ordinators
and grief counsellors
• Improved hospital infrastructure
• Qualified Intensivists and
Surgeons

10. Organ Donation
Improving Organ Donation
Currently organ donation can be
termed as a "crisis with a cure."
The following are some ways to
improve organ donation-
• Increased HLA typing and cross
matching facilities
• Improved facilities in
packing,transport and retrieval of
organs
• Supporting organization for
networking and registry
maintenance
• Effective use of technology to
facilitate organ donation

11. Organ Donation
Role of society
Society plays a crucial role in
transplant programme especially
in case of cadaver transplants.
There is a urgent need for
increased public awareness
regarding organ donation and
greater effort must be taken to
dispel public concerns regarding
the same.
Organ donation can give a new
twist to tragedy.
Remember "organs wasted are
lives lost".