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The first successful organ transplant was a kidney transplant between identical twins in 1954. Since then, there have been many medical advancements in organ transplantation in India, including the first heart transplant in 1967. Organ donation can occur through live donations from close family members or cadaver/deceased donations after death. In India, nearly 500,000 people die each year due to the lack of available organs for transplant. However, organ donation rates remain low due to few registered organ donors and consent from families after death.

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The first successful organ transplant was a kidney transplant between identical twins in 1954. Since then, there have been many medical advancements in organ transplantation in India, including the first heart transplant in 1967. Organ donation can occur through live donations from close family members or cadaver/deceased donations after death. In India, nearly 500,000 people die each year due to the lack of available organs for transplant. However, organ donation rates remain low due to few registered organ donors and consent from families after death.

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Organ donation

1. 1. Organ donation
2. 2. • The first human organ transplant was a kidney transplant performed in
1954. The donor of the kidney was the identical twin of the recipient and
therefore there was no immune rejection of the organ. The recipient lived
for eight years following the transplant and the surgeon who performed
the transplant, Dr. Joseph Murray, went on to win the Nobel Prize for this
work. The recipient of the first heart transplant, performed in 1967 by Dr.
Christiaan Barnard, lived only 18 days.
3. 3. HISTORICAL ASPECTS – CADAVER TRANSPLANTATION - INDIA 1967 -
First succeesful cadaver Kidney Transplant in India at KEM Hospital,
Bombay 1994 - First successful heart transplant done at AIIMS, N.Delhi
1995 - First successful multi-organ transplant done at Apollo Hospital,
Chennai 1998 – First Successful Lung transplant, Madras Medical Mission
Hospital, Chennai 1999 – First Pancreas Transplant, Ahembdabad
4. 4. Organ Donation Lungs Heart Liver Kidneys Intestine Pancreas
5. 5. Tissue Donation Cornea Skin Bone Marrow Middle Ear Heart Valves
Tendon
6. 6. In India every year nearly 500,000 people die because of non-availability
of organs and this number is expected to grow due to scarcity of Organ
Donors. www.gather2share.org Organ Donation
7. 7. Two situations under which organ donation occurs are:
www.gather2share.org Live Donations (When the person making the
donation is alive) Cadaver/ Deceased Donations (After the donor dies)
Organ Donation
8. 8. Live Donations www.gather2share.org This type of donation occurs
when a living person wishes to donate organs to some immediate family
member in need. Only first degree relatives (Parents, siblings & children)
are allowed to be Live Donors. There is a precondition on the organs that
can be donated. They can donate one Kidney (as one kidney is capable of
maintaining the body functions), a portion of Pancreas and a part of the
Liver. Organ Donation
9. 9. Cadaver/ Deceased Donations This kind of donation involves taking
organs from a person who has just died. But organ can be taken only if the
deceased person registered his/her wish for the donation or his first
degree relatives give their consent. In deceased donations, organs to be
donated depends on the type of death. Death is of two main types: Brain
Death and Cardiac/ Natural Death. www.gather2share.org Organ Donation
10. 10. Brain Death Brain death is the irreversible and permanent end of all
brain functions. Such persons are kept on artificial support (ventilators) to
maintain oxygenation of organs so that the organs are in healthy condition
until they are removed. Most cases of brain death are the end result of
head injuries or brain tumor patients from Intensive care units.
www.gather2share.org Organ Donation It is possible to donate all organs
in the case of Brain death.
11. 11. Cardiac Death When a person suffers a Cardiac death, the heart stops
beating. Due to the lack of circulation of blood the vital organs quickly
become unusable for transplantation. However, if the person is on a
ventilator and if it is medically clear that the person cannot survive, then
the family can consider Organ donation for certain vital organs.
www.gather2share.org Organ Donation Such donations typically take place
in the operating room.
12. 12. At present, most organs for transplants come from living donors,
whereby these donors may legally only be the immediate family. As a
result, only a small percentage of organ seekers are able to find
compatible and keen donors. Due to the extremely low number of
deceased donations, most people awaiting transplant breathe their last.
www.gather2share.org Organ Donation
13. 13. Give life to others once you are no more www.gather2share.org Organ
Donation
14. 14. You must have been donating food, money, shelter etc. during your life
time. Organ donation gives you the chance to enhance that spirit by
recycling yourself even after death. www.gather2share.org Organ Donation

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