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Organ
donation actually saves lives, this is a simple mantra that we would like to
send to every citizen of the country and the world. There are thousands of
people who die every year due to chronic diseases of the liver, kidney and
heart who could have been with us today if they had a viable organ available
for a transplant. You can do your bit by coming forward and pledging to donate
your organs in case of any exigency that may occur to you.
The human body has remarkable fortitude for receiving organs
from a near relative or family member. Livers, kidneys, heart, corneas (eyes)
etc. can all be transplanted apart from skin grafts and blood components. This
unique ability of the human ability gives us a second chance at life in case of
an organ failure. Sadly, many a times appropriate organs from near relatives or
next of kin are not available and the only option remains for an organ from a
deceased donor to be transplanted into such patients. Here to the options
remains very limited since organ donation is few and far in between in our
country. But this can change. This can change through a concerted effort to
raise awareness on this subject and by all of us making a contribution to
pledge our organs and live even after our own time has passed. By signing up
here you too will join this initiative by gifting a life to someone in need.
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The information that you share on the sign-up page will be
kept strictly confidential and will be part of our database accessible to only
a select group of administrators based out of New Delhi. On signing up, we will
send an email confirmation of receipt and put your name along with other
details on our registry. We will also want you to share this information – that
you have decided to pledge your organs – with your next of kin so that they are
aware of the lifesaving step you have taken. We will also be getting in touch
with your next of kin to inform them of your decision
Organ Donation In India
In 1994, the Government of India passed the Transplantation
of Human Organs Act that legalized the concept of brain death and, for the
first time, facilitated organ procurement from heart beating, brain dead
donors. However, this concept has not caught on well in India for want of
public education and awareness. This in turn is perpetuating the commercial
sale of human organs due to the widening gap between the demand and supply.
Thousands of lives are lost in India annually from heart and liver failure
since transplantation of unpaired organs like heart, liver and pancreas is
either difficult or impossible from living donors. This is only possible on a
large scale if these organs are available from cadaver donors.
In the United States, in 2004, there were over 14,000 organ
donors – an increase of 695 donors (7%) over 2003. During this time the number
of cadaver donors grew by 11% to 7,152, the largest annual increase in deceased
donors in the last 10 years. In 2005, the number of kidneys transplanted from
cadavers was 9,914, while the number of patients who received transplants from
living donors was 6,563.
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