FAQs
- Save a life afterlife.
- Let your life go on in someone's body.
- A second chance is in your hands.
- Let someone thank you.
- You will live on even after you are gone. ...
- Since we cannot take our organs to the afterlife, the best possible way to recycle them is a donations. ...
- There is no bar for age or caste or color or religion.
Lungs are the most difficult organ to transplant because they are highly susceptible to infections in the late stages of the donor's life. They can sustain damage during the process of recovering them from the donor or collapse after surgeons begin to ventilate them after transplant.
Who gets priority on the transplant list? ›
Factors such as medical urgency, time spent on the waiting list, organ size, blood type and genetic makeup are considered. The organ is offered first to the candidate that is the best match.
What disqualifies you from being an organ donor after death? ›
Medical History
Historically, the only diseases which exclude one from being an organ donor are HIV and metastatic cancer. However, several transplant centers in the nation have begun recovering organs for HIV + donors to be transplanted into HIV + recipients.
What are three slogans on organ donation? ›
Complete answer:
1) Let's share our life with others. 2) Come ahead and take part in saving lives. 3) No caste – No bar – save lives – donate organs. 4) Giving a second change of life is in your hands.
What are key words for organ donation? ›
- Donor. A deceased donor from whom at least one organ or some amount of tissue is recovered for the purpose of transplantation. ...
- Living Donor. A living person who donates an organ for transplantation, such as a kidney or a segment of the lung, liver or intestine. ...
- Organ Donation.
Blood Compatibility for Recipients
| Kidney patients with blood type: | Can receive a kidney from donors with blood type: |
|---|
| O | O |
| A | A or O |
| B | B or O |
| AB | A, B, AB or O |
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Contraindications
- Major systemic disease.
- Age inappropriateness (70 years of age)
- Cancer in the last 5 years except localized skin (not melanoma) or stage I breast or prostate.
- Active smoker (less than 6 months since quitting)
- Active substance abuse.
- HIV.
- Severe local or systemic infection.
- Severe neurologic deficits.
Kidneys are the organs most frequently needed, followed by livers. Both of these organs can be donated by living donors to save someone's life. 85% of people awaiting a transplant need a kidney.
What is the dead donor rule for organ transplant? ›
The "dead-donor rule" requires patients to be declared dead before the removal of life-sustaining organs for transplantation. The concept of brain death was developed, in part, to allow patients with devastating neurologic injury to be declared dead before the occurrence of cardiopulmonary arrest.
Organs need a supply of oxygen-rich blood to remain suitable for transplantation. Donors are put on artificial respiration to keep their heart beating, so that oxygen-rich blood continues to circulate through their body. By contrast, tissue donation is often possible if the donor dies in a non-hospital setting.
Can Next of Kin override organ donation? ›
A member of the OPO must obtain consent from the family before organ donation. However, the family cannot override the person's decision to donate their organs if they have registered to donate or stated it in their advance directives.
What does God say about organ donation? ›
As Saint John tells us, “For God so loved the world, that he gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him, should not perish but have everlasting life.” (John 3:16) By knowingly choosing the donations of one's bodily organs, one is acting as Christ would act—giving life to humanity.
What are the quotes about organ donation in Never Let Me Go? ›
"Your lives are set out for you. You'll become adults, then before you're old, before you're even middle-aged, you'll start to donate your vital organs. That's what each of you was created for." Naturally, Miss Lucy is forced to leave the school after this revelation.
What is the line for organ donation? ›
National Organ Donation and Transplant Toll-Free Help Line - 1800 103 7100 was initiated by MOHAN Foundation and has been functioning from 2012 onwards.
What to say to someone who is donating an organ? ›
I would like to thank you for your generosity in giving a part of your loved one to me. I am very sorry for your loss. I am growing stronger and healthier every day and keep your family in my thoughts and prayers, always.
