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Organ Transplantation Awareness Program
- Resident Medical Officer
Community Medicine
Not an uncommon sight…
Outcome
Common unfortunate
outcome
Outcome Can be
Changed
Outline
 Need of organ donation
 Types of Organ Donation
 Which Organs can be Donated
 Concept of brain death
 Common conditions leading to brain death
 Diagnosis of brain death
 Myths related to organ donation
 Religious views towards organ donation
What is need?
Corneal blindness is very common in India.
More than 3 million cases in India.
60% are <12 years age group.
Only 1.5 lakh/year corneal donations in India.
What is need?
 1.5 Lakh new Kidney disease patient every
year and only 750 benefitted with renal
transplant.
 More than 5 million patients suffering from
liver diseases
 50,000 patients dying due to heart diseases
 India is diabetes capital (2nd in world)
Skin Donation
 Life saving for burn patients.
 It makes wound healing FAST.
 Skin is removed using specialized
knife and preserved like a roll.
 Skin is taken from un exposed parts of
the body: No Disfigurement of body
after Skin Donation
 There is a provision of SKIN BANK to
preserve donated skin.
Situation in INDIA
 Annually 1.6 lakh people die due to Road Traffic Accidents.
 67% death occurs usually due to Brain stem death.
 It means that there are 93000 potential organ donors every year.
 But in reality, only 0.05 people donate their organs per 1 lakh
population.
 The rate of organ donation is highest in Spain (35 per 1 lakh
population)
 In India, Tamilnadu ranks first among all states.
What Can be Donated by living donor?
Kidney
Blood
Lungs
Part of liver Liver
Part of Pancreas
Living Donor
Bone marrow
2 eyes
Lungs
Heart
Liver
Pancreas
All Bones & tendons
Blood vessels
2 Kidneys
Intestine
Muscles & ligaments
Cartilages
Skin & Fascia
Larynx
2 hands
Penis
20 Fingers
What can donated after BSD?
Great
scarcity
of the
organs
VS
Wastage
of
cadaveric
organs
Real Problem
Deceased Donors
Per Million Population
24.25
21.7
21.65
21.5
20
18.1
13.15
12.96
12.18
10.62
6.1
4.3
2.7
0.75
0.12
0.05
33.68
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35
Spain
Austria
Portugal
Beligium
USA
France
Italy
Canada
United Kingdom
Germany
Australia
HK
Singapore
Taiwan
Korea
Philippines
Japan
de Villa VH, Chen CL, et al. Transplantation 2003; 75:S2 (Modified from)
You choose…
Understanding concept
Identify brain-dead patients
Promote Organ Donation
Solution
Concept of Death
 Ultimate reality of life
 Something fearful and unwanted
 No discussion
 End point
 Clinically cessation of cardio-respiratory
function
Cardio-respiratory Arrest
Complete Cessation Of
Breathing And Circulation
Death
Concept of Brain Stem Death
Common Causes of Brain Death
 Head injury
 Intra cerebral
hemorrhage
 Ischemic brain
damage
 Tumor
 Hanging
 Drowning
Diagnosis of Brain stem death
(According to Harward criteria)
 Unreceptivity and unresponsivity
 No movements or breathing
 No reflexes
 Only in ICU settings
HOTA act-1994
 Brain death a legally accepted form
 Establish criteria for brain death declaration
 Two independent teams to declare
 Two brain death declarations with 6 hr interval
 Donation only with consent of next of kin
 Sale of such organs are prohibited
 After amendment in 2013, it is called as TOHO
(Transplantation of human organs) & Tissue act
Some recent Amendments in
LAW
 SWAP donation permitted.
 Grand parents and grand children
included in NEAR RELATIVES.
 To prepare separate regional level and
State level Waiting list of Organ
Recipients.
 Provision of Appropriate Authority in
case of Donor if Living.
Government control
ZTCC
•Maintains list of hospitals registered
for organs retrieval and
transplantation.
•Maintains waiting list of patients
who are desirous for organs.
• carries fair distribution of organs
based on waiting list.
• waiting list is prepared on the basis
of- Age
- Severity of disease
- Prognosis/expected survival after
transplant
Organ
Retrieving
Hospitals
Organs
Transplantin
g hospitals
Multi-
organs
transplant
centres
Government control
(As per HOTA act-1994)
ZTCC
No hospital can transplant organ without prior information or permission of ZTCC.
1. Today's date there are 55000 waiting for
OD.
2. At every 16 minutes, new one is added to
the list.
3. 10 die daily from the list without the organ.
 Tamilnadu is the leading state in India in
OD.
 New concept of SWAP donation is also
emerging out
 HLA matching is mandatory for all OD
except Cornea, skin, bones.
Some Facts
In Maharashtra, First tissue bank was started in Tata memorial hospital Mumbai
Rates of OD-
India- 0.16/million
population
USA – 22/million
population
Spain- 36/million
population
More than 50 organs can be
donated after Brain Stem Death
Exclusion Criteria (for Deceased Donor)
 Absolute
◦ Age>70 Yrs
◦ Renal disease
◦ Malignancy
◦ Hypertension & infective heart diseases
◦ Intravenous drug abuse
◦ Seropositive
◦ Rabies
 Relative
◦ Age <6years or >60 years
◦ Mild Hypertension
◦ Early Diabetes
Problems in Promoting
Organ Donation
 Religious myths
 Professional Ignorance
 Apathy to the cause
 Shy/afraid of discussing donation
 Don’t know –what to do????
 Scared of bad reputation
 Fear of litigation
 Poor communication
Religious Views: Hinduism
 Believe in rebirth of the soul
 Body is cremated after death
 Human form is the highest in the order of re-
births before the soul reaches the creator
 Sacrifice to the fellow humans considered
equivalent to service to god
 Religious laws and scriptures do not prohibit
organ donation
Religious Views: Islam
 Until early 90s the religious leaders failed to
approve of organ donation
 Mid 90s the religious leader in saudi (mecca)
passed a fatwa, making organ donation after
death permissible under islamic law
Religious Views: Christian
 Catholics view organ donation as an act of
charity
 Ethically and morally acceptable to the vatican
 Pope john paul ii has given his support to
organ donation
 Protestant groups generally endorse organ
donation
Overall Religious Views
All other major religions such as Sikhism, Buddhism
and Jainism do not oppose organ donation and
share similar views as that of hinduism
LIFE IS AMAZING… PASS IT ON…!!!
Positive Changes
Aishwarya Rai, Amitabh Bachhan, Jaya Bhachhan, Rajnikanth,
Amir Khan and many other film personalities have pledged their
Eyes at different times on media
Anil Kumble, Sunil Shetty, Yukta Mukhi, Revathi Menon
and Madhavan have endorsed their views on multi-organ donation
Organ Donation Awareness Programme
Organ Donation Awareness Programme
You don’t need to be DOCTOR to
save LIVES !!!
I am an ORGAN DONOR…
Are YOU….???
THANK YOU…

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Organ Donation Awareness Programme

  • 1. Organ Transplantation Awareness Program - Resident Medical Officer Community Medicine
  • 2. Not an uncommon sight…
  • 4. Outline  Need of organ donation  Types of Organ Donation  Which Organs can be Donated  Concept of brain death  Common conditions leading to brain death  Diagnosis of brain death  Myths related to organ donation  Religious views towards organ donation
  • 5. What is need? Corneal blindness is very common in India. More than 3 million cases in India. 60% are <12 years age group. Only 1.5 lakh/year corneal donations in India.
  • 6. What is need?  1.5 Lakh new Kidney disease patient every year and only 750 benefitted with renal transplant.  More than 5 million patients suffering from liver diseases  50,000 patients dying due to heart diseases  India is diabetes capital (2nd in world)
  • 7. Skin Donation  Life saving for burn patients.  It makes wound healing FAST.  Skin is removed using specialized knife and preserved like a roll.  Skin is taken from un exposed parts of the body: No Disfigurement of body after Skin Donation  There is a provision of SKIN BANK to preserve donated skin.
  • 8. Situation in INDIA  Annually 1.6 lakh people die due to Road Traffic Accidents.  67% death occurs usually due to Brain stem death.  It means that there are 93000 potential organ donors every year.  But in reality, only 0.05 people donate their organs per 1 lakh population.  The rate of organ donation is highest in Spain (35 per 1 lakh population)  In India, Tamilnadu ranks first among all states.
  • 9. What Can be Donated by living donor? Kidney Blood Lungs Part of liver Liver Part of Pancreas Living Donor Bone marrow
  • 10. 2 eyes Lungs Heart Liver Pancreas All Bones & tendons Blood vessels 2 Kidneys Intestine Muscles & ligaments Cartilages Skin & Fascia Larynx 2 hands Penis 20 Fingers What can donated after BSD?
  • 12. Deceased Donors Per Million Population 24.25 21.7 21.65 21.5 20 18.1 13.15 12.96 12.18 10.62 6.1 4.3 2.7 0.75 0.12 0.05 33.68 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 Spain Austria Portugal Beligium USA France Italy Canada United Kingdom Germany Australia HK Singapore Taiwan Korea Philippines Japan de Villa VH, Chen CL, et al. Transplantation 2003; 75:S2 (Modified from)
  • 14. Understanding concept Identify brain-dead patients Promote Organ Donation Solution
  • 15. Concept of Death  Ultimate reality of life  Something fearful and unwanted  No discussion  End point  Clinically cessation of cardio-respiratory function
  • 16. Cardio-respiratory Arrest Complete Cessation Of Breathing And Circulation Death
  • 17. Concept of Brain Stem Death
  • 18. Common Causes of Brain Death  Head injury  Intra cerebral hemorrhage  Ischemic brain damage  Tumor  Hanging  Drowning
  • 19. Diagnosis of Brain stem death (According to Harward criteria)  Unreceptivity and unresponsivity  No movements or breathing  No reflexes  Only in ICU settings
  • 20. HOTA act-1994  Brain death a legally accepted form  Establish criteria for brain death declaration  Two independent teams to declare  Two brain death declarations with 6 hr interval  Donation only with consent of next of kin  Sale of such organs are prohibited  After amendment in 2013, it is called as TOHO (Transplantation of human organs) & Tissue act
  • 21. Some recent Amendments in LAW  SWAP donation permitted.  Grand parents and grand children included in NEAR RELATIVES.  To prepare separate regional level and State level Waiting list of Organ Recipients.  Provision of Appropriate Authority in case of Donor if Living.
  • 22. Government control ZTCC •Maintains list of hospitals registered for organs retrieval and transplantation. •Maintains waiting list of patients who are desirous for organs. • carries fair distribution of organs based on waiting list. • waiting list is prepared on the basis of- Age - Severity of disease - Prognosis/expected survival after transplant Organ Retrieving Hospitals Organs Transplantin g hospitals Multi- organs transplant centres Government control (As per HOTA act-1994) ZTCC No hospital can transplant organ without prior information or permission of ZTCC.
  • 23. 1. Today's date there are 55000 waiting for OD. 2. At every 16 minutes, new one is added to the list. 3. 10 die daily from the list without the organ.  Tamilnadu is the leading state in India in OD.  New concept of SWAP donation is also emerging out  HLA matching is mandatory for all OD except Cornea, skin, bones. Some Facts In Maharashtra, First tissue bank was started in Tata memorial hospital Mumbai Rates of OD- India- 0.16/million population USA – 22/million population Spain- 36/million population
  • 24. More than 50 organs can be donated after Brain Stem Death
  • 25. Exclusion Criteria (for Deceased Donor)  Absolute ◦ Age>70 Yrs ◦ Renal disease ◦ Malignancy ◦ Hypertension & infective heart diseases ◦ Intravenous drug abuse ◦ Seropositive ◦ Rabies  Relative ◦ Age <6years or >60 years ◦ Mild Hypertension ◦ Early Diabetes
  • 26. Problems in Promoting Organ Donation  Religious myths  Professional Ignorance  Apathy to the cause  Shy/afraid of discussing donation  Don’t know –what to do????  Scared of bad reputation  Fear of litigation  Poor communication
  • 27. Religious Views: Hinduism  Believe in rebirth of the soul  Body is cremated after death  Human form is the highest in the order of re- births before the soul reaches the creator  Sacrifice to the fellow humans considered equivalent to service to god  Religious laws and scriptures do not prohibit organ donation
  • 28. Religious Views: Islam  Until early 90s the religious leaders failed to approve of organ donation  Mid 90s the religious leader in saudi (mecca) passed a fatwa, making organ donation after death permissible under islamic law
  • 29. Religious Views: Christian  Catholics view organ donation as an act of charity  Ethically and morally acceptable to the vatican  Pope john paul ii has given his support to organ donation  Protestant groups generally endorse organ donation
  • 30. Overall Religious Views All other major religions such as Sikhism, Buddhism and Jainism do not oppose organ donation and share similar views as that of hinduism LIFE IS AMAZING… PASS IT ON…!!!
  • 31. Positive Changes Aishwarya Rai, Amitabh Bachhan, Jaya Bhachhan, Rajnikanth, Amir Khan and many other film personalities have pledged their Eyes at different times on media Anil Kumble, Sunil Shetty, Yukta Mukhi, Revathi Menon and Madhavan have endorsed their views on multi-organ donation
  • 34. You don’t need to be DOCTOR to save LIVES !!! I am an ORGAN DONOR… Are YOU….???