Organ donation involves removing tissues or organs from a living or recently deceased person for transplantation into another person. It helps save lives by allowing healthy organs and tissues to be transplanted after death. While any healthy person can potentially donate organs, cancer or HIV exclude donation. Organ donation systems are typically either opt-in, where explicit consent is required, or opt-in where consent is assumed unless otherwise stated. Common organs for donation include kidneys, heart, lungs, and liver, which must be transplanted within hours of the donor's death.

1. ORGAN DONATION

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

4. WHY ORGAN DONATION ?
• Organ and tissue
donation is a way to
help others, after
your death by
allowing organs or
tissues to be taken
from your body and
transplanted in
someone else’s body.

5. MEDICAL REQUIREMENTS
• Any healthy person of
any age group willing to
donate organs can
become a donor.
• Cancer and HIV exclude
people from donating
organs.

6. SYSTEMS OF ORGAN DONATION
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

7. ORGANS FOR DONATION
Some of the organs
that are commonly
donated -
• Kidneys
• Eyes (cornea)
• Heart
• Lungs
• Liver
• Pancreas
• Skin

8. WHEN ARE ORGANS DONATED ?
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.

9. CADAVER TRANSPLANT
• Cadaver transplant is
the method of donating
organs of a brain death
person to other
patients.
• Organ transplantation of
hithendran is the one of
the best example of
cadaver transplantation.

10. Organ donation process
• Organ donation
always occur in a
hospital,after death
has been declared
and the family has
given constent.
• If you are willing to
donate organs ,visit
your nearby hospital
and fill in the donor
form .

11. 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

12. Improvement in organ donation
Currently organ donation
is improved due to the
following reasons
• Increased HLA typing
and cross-matching
facilities.
• Improved facilities in
packing,transport and
retrieval of organs.
• Supporting organization
for networking and
registry maintenance.

13. Role of society
• Society plays a greater
role in transplantation
programmes such as
cadaver transplants.
• Increased public
awareness and efforts
must be taken for the
cause of organ donation.

15. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• www.aphithendranmemorialtrust.org
• www.mohanfoundation.org
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/organ_donation