BASIC FACTS FOR LAYMEN MEDICAL AND CATHOLIC ASPECTS

1. D O N J O S E K
S E N I O R R E S I D E N T
D E P T G E N S U R G E R Y
G O V T M E D I C A L
C O L L E G E K O Z H I K O D E
ORGAN DONATION

2. “Let Someone See Through Your Eyes What You Have Seen.”
Donate an organ & save life…..

3. What is Organ donation
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.
• First organ transplant was on December 23 1954
• Organ transplantation day Aug 13

4. * 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.
Type of donors

5. Facts about organ donation
 22 people die every day while waiting for a transplant.
 1 organ donor can save 8 lives and change the lives of more
than 50 people.
 Almost anyone can be an organ donor, regardless of age or
medical history.
 Donors can still have open casket funerals, and organ
donation doesn't cost the donor's family any money.
 If a person is hospitalized, the medical staff provides the best
possible care, regardless of organ donor status. Donation is
only considered after a patient has died.

6. Different types of organ donation
 Autograft
 Allograft
 Isograft
 Xenograft
 Split transplant
 Domino transplant

7. Reasons for Donation
 Living related donors
 Good Samaritan
 Forced Donation

8. Ethical issue
 Buying and selling of organs
 Types of consent
 Fear and confusion

9. Catholic aspects…
 Principle of Totality
John 15 :12-13
• Human embryos
• Xenotransplantation
• Child who is a genetic match
• Buying and selling of organs

10. What can we do?
 Join the organ donation list
 Blood donation
 Awareness
 Informing the close relative about the consent

11. Organs that can be transplanted

12. Tissues that can be transplanted

13. References
 CCC
 Participants in congress on organ trtansplants 1991
 Donum vittae

17. 12 My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. 13
Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s
friends.