Only those who suffer an irreversible disease of vital organs and their close family members can imagine the fear of death in its true form. Knowing that they have a life of numbered days makes the life even harder in the remaining days. But every cloud has a silver lining, a ray of hope that keeps us moving forward… and for these patients, this ray of hope is Organ Transplant, which means operating and placing the organ donated by someone else, into the body of the patient. Although we might see organ donation as something we can opt for, not many of us are truly mindful of what it means to be an organ donor. Being an organ donor is not just a choice, it’s an honor, it’s a responsibility, and it’s the ultimate gift of life to the needy.

Organ India strives for creating awareness about Organ Transplantation in Indian minds, which doesn’t come easy, but there has been a considerable progress in the recent years. Many donors have pledged their organs, knowing that practically our body is of no use after death, and if it could be used to save other lives, there’s no other gift you can give that would remotely resemble the joy of saving a life. Many organs, including heart, liver, eyes, pancreas, and kidneys can be donated for transplantation.

Liver transplantation is required when the liver of the patient is giving under 30% performance and degrading. The thing with liver is that once reached End-Stage Liver Disease (ESLD), it can’t be repaired or restored by any medicine, the last option is the liver transplant. Liver Transplant in India is very common and is performed by many well-known doctors. The donor as well the recipient undergo surgery for it. But if the liver is obtained from a dead body, then it is much easier for the patient and no living person has to go surgery just for organ donation.

However, the case of Bone marrow transplant is completely different, no surgery is required to be performed on the donor. The simple method of injecting medicines to enhance the production of stem cells in the bone marrow is followed and when there are too many stem cells in the system, it pushes them into the bloodstream, from which the doctors collect them, isolate them and transfer them into the patient. Bone Marrow Transplant in India is not always supported by the people as they are not aware of the fact that there is no surgery or injection inside the bone is involved. The Sad part is, by donating not for bone marrow, thousands of blood cancer patients die, who could have been saved otherwise.

Cornea Transplant in India is the easiest as people are more aware of donating the eyes after death, and the recipient has only 5% risk of rejection. But with increasing number of patients, more people need to be aware of it and donate the eyes.
Contact detail: - Organ India, Parashar Foundation, D-119, Defence Colony, Delhi – 110024, India, Ph. +91-11-41838382 or visit -http://www.organindia.org/the-liver-and-liver-disease/