Organ donation in India faces a shortage due to ignorance, myths, and the need for immediate consent post brain death. Each year, many die waiting for transplants, with only a small fraction of eligible donors able to donate their organs. Raising awareness and dispelling myths around organ donation can significantly increase the number of registered donors and save lives.

1. Organ Donation
“What we do for ourselves will die with us…..what we do for others remain immortal”

2. Introduction:
▪ Each year, hundreds of people die while waiting for an organ transplant.
▪ There is a shortage of organs, and the gap between the number of organs donated and the number
of people waiting for a transplant is getting larger.
▪ In India, a large number of people die due to road traffic accidents. However, only a small number
of people that die due to these circumstances are able to donate their organs.
▪ As organs need to be transplanted as soon as possible following the donor’s death, they can only be
donated by someone who has died in the hospital.

3. Key Reasons for Shortage of Organ
donors in India:
▪ Ignorance and Lack of Knowledge about Organ Donation.
▪ Registering One’s Wish to Donate.
▪ Myths and Beliefs.

4. How does Organ Donation Work
▪ Transplants post brain death must be done very soon after death to ensure the organs remain
suitable for transplantation, and the person who has died is not deprived of the opportunity to
donate.
▪ However, organ donation itself will not take place unless you, in your lifetime, expressed a wish to
donate, or the person closest to you in life gives their permission.

5. How does Organ donation work ???
▪ Once the patient is admitted, all efforts are made to stabilize the patient. If those efforts fail, the patient is pronounced
brain-dead, but only after the doctor’s evaluation, testing and documentation.
▪ Consent from the family is obtained to proceed with the donation, and the organ procurement organization is informed.
Consent from coroner/legal authorities is obtained.
▪ In the mean time, the organ donor is maintained on ventilator, and stabilized with fluids and medications. He/she also
undergoes numerous laboratory tests.

6. ▪ Recipients are also identified for placement of organs. A surgical team is mobilized and coordinated to arrive at the
hospital for removal of organs and tissues.
▪ The donor is brought to the operating room. Multiple organ recovery is performed with organs being preserved
through special solutions and cold packing. The ventilator support is then discontinued.
▪ The donor’s body is surgically closed and released.

7. Why should we donate organs ???
▪ People truly need these life-saving gifts.
▪ It's FREE to register and donate your organs and tissues.
▪ You might never know when you or your loved one might end up on the waiting list.
▪ You can give people the ability to be mobile.
▪ You can give life, even in death.

8.  How many people are waiting for a transplant?
 Who receives organs and what organs are most
needed?

9. 119,000+
Current number of men, women and children on the national
transplant waiting list.
30,970
transplants were
performed in 2015.
22
people die each
day waiting for a
transplant.

10. every 10 minutes
another person is added to the waiting list.
95%
of U.S. adults support organ donation
but only
48%
are actually signed up as donors.
only 3 in 1,000
people die in a way that allows for organ
donation.

11. One Donor Can Save Eight Lives.
One person can donate up to 8 lifesaving
organs.

12. How does it works ?

14. Myths:
▪ I am too old to be a donor.
▪ I cannot be a donor because I have an existing medical condition.
▪ My organs might not go to those who have waited longest or are the neediest.
▪ If I donate my organs, it will cause delay to my funeral arrangements.
▪ Organ donation may leave my bogy disfigured.

15. ▪ My family will not get to see my body after donation.
▪ If I am declared brain dead , I might have a chance to get back into my life.
▪ My decision to be an organ donor will affect my medical care.
▪ My religion does not support the idea of organ donation.
▪ It is enough if I have a donor card.
▪ Once I became a organ donor I can never change my mind.

17. Social awareness video-Organ Donation

20. BE THE HERO…..BE THE
ORGAN DONOR

23. Short film related to organ donation