1. Facts You Should Know about Organ Donation
Dr Priti KapadiaGupta
Professor and head,
Department of Ophthalmology,
Govt. Medical College ,Surat

2. What’s covered in this presentation
Organ donation at a glance
What organs can be donated
Who can donate
How to register to be a donor
Whom to inform
Consent process
Myths to be solved

3. 1. Organ donation is the  donation of biological tissue or an organ of the human body, from a living or dead person to a living recipient in need of a transplantation.

4. India Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues (Amendment) Bill, 2008 – Drafted by Ministry of Health.
Living Donors
Dead donors
Kidney
Portion of liver
Portion of lung
Bone marrow
Kidneys
Heart
Lungs
Liver
Pancreas
Parts of the eyes
Skin
Bones

5. Strict guidelines are made in the act
1. To stop commercial dealing in organs especially
Kidneys.    2. Accepting Brain death as a definition of death.    3. Define that only the first relative can donate
kidneys in case of related kidney transplant
operation.
4. Not to reveal details of donor or host .

6. The need is great State No. of Deceased Donors
Total no. of Organs Retrieved
Organ Donation Rate per Million Population
Tamil Nadu 83
252
1.15
Maharashtra 29 68
0.26
Gujarat 18 46
0.30
Karnataka 17
0.28
Andhra Pradesh 13 37
0.15
Kerala 12 26
0.36
Delhi-NCR 31
0.29
Punjab 24
0.43
Total
196
530
0.16

7. INDIA : ONLY 1300 transplants of organs done till now  
At 1 per million donation rate we would have 1100 organ donors -or 2200 kidneys, 1000 hearts, 1100 Livers, 1100 pancreas and 2200 Eyes.  This should take care of almost all current demands for organs in India.  At 2 per million donation rate there would be 2200 organ donors and the above figures would double . There would be no necessity to undertake living kidney donations. 

8. Almost anyone can be a donor.
Organs and tissues accepted from babies to senior citizens
Medical professionals decide whether organs, tissues and eyes are suitable for donation at time of death

9. Donation :when Brain death
A patient who is brain dead is in an irreversible state and is totally dependent on ventilators and has constant need for medications to keep their heart and circulation functioning. Normally in death as we understand, the heart comes to a stop first and the brain cells die within a few minutes due to lack of blood circulation but in brain death the reverse takes place.

10. Consent :
opt in" (only those who have given explicit consent are donors)
"opt out" (anyone who has not refused is a donor..a presumed consent).

11. One person can help many
Organs from just one individual can help as many as eight people.
One person’s tissues can make life better for as many as 50 people.

12. The system for assigning organs is fair.
Strict guidelines in place
Severity of illness, length of time on waiting list, blood type and other matching factors considered
Race, gender, age, income and celebrity status not relevant

13. Which patients need organ transplantation:
Kidneys: Glomerular Diseases, Diabetes, and Hypertensive Nephrosclerosis
Liver :Cirrhosis due to viral hepatitis, Cirrhosis due to fatty liver, Cirrhosis due to alcohol, and Cirrhosis due to autoimmune disease
Heart: Coronary Artery Disease, Cardiomyopathy, and Congenital Heart Disease
Lung: Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, and Emphysema/COPD
Pancreas: Diabetes

14. We can officially register and get information
donatelifeindia.org

15. Say Yes to Eye Donation!
Eye donors can belong to any age group or sex.
Eye donation is only after death and should be collected within six hours of death.
Eyes (corneas) will be collected at the donors place at any time in the day or night.
Collection, processing and distribution of eyes are done free of cost.

16. Collection of eyes will take only minutes and will not disfigure the face of the donor. One pair of eyes gives vision to TWO corneal blind people. Diabetes, Hypertension, Cancer, old age, wearing spectacles etc, are no bar for eye donation.

17. 35 million people are BLIND (preventable)
Out of 3 million corneal blind people 60% are children below the age of 12. Target retrieval of corneas by Eye bank of India is 150,000 corneas per year.