Question

What is organ donation? State its importance.

Answer 1

Donation is the giving of an organ and tissue to help someone that needs a transplant. Transplants can save or transform the life of a person.

One single organ and tissue donor can save or improve the lives of more than eight people, helping to restore eyesight, damaged tissues or vital functions. To give an idea of the impact of organ donors, in 2014, there were 29,532 transplants in the U.S. from just 14,412 donors.

Answer 2

Answer:

Organ donation has been highly useful in saving many lives. Organs from a live donor or from a dead donor  can be successfully transplanted in a needy patient. A live donor can donate kidney, liver and bone marrow. Many organs can be used for transplantation from a dead body. Organs of a brain dead person can be  harvested for transplantation. Now-a-days, organs from road accident victims are utilized for this purpose.

For this, consent of the dead person’s relatives is mandatory. In our country, there is a huge waiting list of  patients who need organs from donors.

Signicance of Organ Donation:

1. Many patients are in urgent need of organ transplant.
2. Thousands die for lack of suitable donor.
3. Organs of many brain dead patients remain unutilized and go waste.
4. There is lack of awareness about organ donation.
5. Huge gap in demand and supply gives rise to illegal racket of organ transplant.