ORGAN DONATION- Story of Life After Death DR.ASHOKAN MANAGING TRUSTEE A.P.HITHENDRAN MEMORIAL TRUST THIRUKAZHUKUNDRAM KANCHIPURAM DISTRICT. TAMILNADU 603109 INDIA

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Death is not extinguishing the light but putting out the lamp because the dawn has come - Rabindranath Tagore

Organ Donation – Concepts

EYE DONATION

Common Causes of Brain Death In India Road traffic Accidents the commonest cause of brain death

DON’T TAKE YOUR ORGANS TO HEAVEN FOR HEAVEN KNOWS THEY ARE NEEDED HERE !!

HISTORY OF HUMAN ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION 1954 Boston - First Kidney Transplant 1967 Cape town - First Heart Transplant 1966 Minneapolis- First Pancreas Transplant 1967 Pittsburg - First Liver Transplant 1983 Toronto - First Lung Transplant First Transplant attempted in 1902 in Russia on dogs

Age & Organ Donation Corneas 0 to 100 yrs Heart valves 0 to 60 yrs Trachea 15 to 60 yrs Skin 16 to 85 yrs Kidneys 0 to 70 yrs Heart 0 to 60 yrs Lungs 0 to 60 yrs Liver 0 to 70 yrs Almost 23 different tissues and organs of the body can be donated

Time Factor & Safe Organ Preservation / Transplantation Kidneys - 48 hrs Pancreas - 24 hrs Liver - 12 hrs Heart & Lungs - 6 hrs Research on Cryo-preservatives may help to preserve organs for a much longer period

ORGAN DONATION & RELIGION For that which is born death is certain and for the dead, birth certain.. Therefore grieve not over that which is inevitable . - Bhagavad Gita

Religion & Organ Donation Jainism- Jain religious leaders consider eye donation as a sublime form of charity and stress a powerful link between ‘daan’ (charity) and ‘moksha’ (salvation). Highest eye donation rate in India among Jains of Gujarat . Hinduism - No prohibition to donating organs. This act is an individual decision . Protestantism - Protestants encourage and endorse organ donation. Death is just a beginning of another life - Upanishads

Catholicism - Transplants are ethically and morally acceptable to the Vatican. Pope John Paul II. Religion & Organ Donation Judaism - Judaism teaches that saving a human life takes precedence over maintaining the sanctity of the human body . Buddhism - "We honor those people who donate their bodies and organs to the advancement of medical science and to saving lives.” – Buddhist Priest at meeting in Chicago God created man to be immortal and made him to be an image of his own eternity - Bible, The Wisdom of Solomon

Religion & Organ Donation Jehovah’s Witnesses - Jehovah’s Witnesses do not encourage organ donation but Believe it is a matter best left to the individual’s conscience Islam - In 1983 the Muslim Religious Council initially rejected organ donation by followers of Islam, but it has reversed its position, provided donors consent in writing prior to their death. The organs of Muslim donors must be transplanted immediately and should not be stored in organ banks "If one is in the position to donate an organ to save another’s life it’s obligatory to do so, even if the donor never knows who the beneficiary will be,” - Rabbi Moses Tendler

Organ donation Legal Aspects in India “ Its Provisions and Pitfalls”

Organ Donation Problems & Solutions

Carry the card in the wallet Serves also as an emergency card ORGAN DONAR CARD BY A.P.H.M.T.

Give Life a SECOND Chance… Carry a Donor Card Organ Donor Cards are issued by A.P.H.M.T.

… When that happens don't call this my “DEATHBED”, call it my " BED OF LIFE" and let my body be used by others to lead fuller lives LIFE ......PASS IT ON !! At a certain moment a doctor will determine that my brain has ceased to function and that, for all intents and purposes, my life has stopped…

Give my blood to the teenager who has been pulled from the wreckage of his car, so that he might live to see his grandchildren play LIFE ......PASS IT ON !!

LIFE ......PASS IT ON !! Give my eyes to a man who has never seen…. Sunrise A baby’s face or Love in the eyes of a woman

Give my kidneys to one who depends on a machine to exist from week to week Give my heart to a person whose own heart has caused nothing but endless days of pain LIFE ......PASS IT ON !!

a speechless boy will shout at the crack of a bat and a deaf girl will hear the sound of rain against her window LIFE ......PASS IT ON !! Explore every corner of my brain, take my cells and let them grow so that someday….

If you must bury something , let it be my faults, my weaknesses and all my prejudice against my fellowmen LIFE ......PASS IT ON !! Burn what is left of me and scatter the ashes to the winds to help the flowers grow

Give my sins to the devil and give my soul to God, If you do what I have asked, ……… I WILL LIVE FOREVER ( The above is a Legacy of Robert N.West written in 1976 ) LIFE ......PASS IT ON !!

THANKYOU ALL. In my end is my beginning - TS.Eliot Four Quartets For further information about organ donation contact us at: A.P.HITHENDRAN MEMORIAL TRUST. NO.2, 5 TH STREET TEACHERS NAGAR THIRUKAZHUKUNDRAM KANCHIPURAM DISTRICT TAMILNADU INDIA.