World Organ Donation Day 2023: Significance of the day; how is organ donation accomplished and who’s eligible

World Organ Donation Day is noticed yearly on August 13 to unfold consciousness round significance of organ donation and bust myths round it. Organ donation means when an individual permits to surgically take away their organ and transplanting it to a different particular person. This is completed with the content material of the donor when they’re alive or that of their kin when they’re no extra. While individuals can donate some organs whereas they’re alive like kidney, or a part of liver, normally it is accomplished after an individual passes away. Many individuals select to register for organ donation to assist enhance different individuals’s dwell even when they don’t seem to be round anymore. (Also learn: Why does India have so few organ donors?)

How is organ donation accomplished

“The term organ donation means a noble act in which a person donates his/her organ to another person who is suffering from organ failure. This is a legal process as the donor needs to sign a consent form during his/her lifetime for donating organs, otherwise family members can give consent for donation at the time of death. Organs which can be donated includes liver, kidney, pancreas, lung,heart intestine, cornea, bone, tissues and many more,” says Dr Anuja Porwal, Additional Director, Nephrology, Fortis Hospital, Noida.

Significance of World Organ Donation Day

World Organ Donation Day is noticed on August 13, 2023 yearly with a purpose to increase consciousness in regards to the significance of and assist individuals perceive organ donation. Organ transplantation can assist in saving and remodeling the lives of people that have been preventing to outlive.

Who is eligible for organ donation?

Organs might be donated by individuals from all age teams. After their demise, the suitability of the donor is calculated on the premise of their medical historical past.

Myths round organ donation

Dr Porwal says there are some myths across the principle of organ donation which must be addressed.

• There isn’t any financial involvement in organ donation.
• Organ donation doesn’t end in disfigurement of the physique of the donor. The restoration of organs, tissue and eyes is a surgical process carried out by educated medical professionals, with none disfigurement.

A noble act

“This day is also observed in order to honour those who have stepped forward in order to donate their organs to save another person’s life. Organ donation or we can say organ transplantation can save or transform someone’s life. A fact is that one person can save up to seven people’s lives,” says Dr Porwal.

Why individuals ought to pledge organ donation

“We cannot avoid death neither we can run away from death, but a person can save another person’s life by pledging his/her organs for organ donation. We all need to be committed for organ donation – a generous act of donating organs, such as the heart, lungs, kidneys, liver, and pancreas. The transplantation of these vital organs can give a new life to up to seven to nine patients who are struggling with life and death due to organ failure and in absence of any donor present in their family,” concludes Dr Porwal.