Cadaver Transplant

Shortage of organ for transplantation is the biggest challenge faced by the transplantologist all over the world to-day. There is more number of patients awaiting organ transplantation than the people who has successfully underwent transplantation. The best source of organ is the brain dead patient in hospital following severe head injury. Though number of such brain dead persons is very high but unfortunately the number of people willing to donate their organ after death are very few.

About 1,00,000 persons develop end stage renal failure in India every year, who can be benefited by transplantation. But only about 2000 live donor operations are done annually mostly due to non-availability of human kidneys. On the other hand about 1,00,000 patients with severe head injury die every year in various hospitals in the country whose organ like kidneys, liver, heart, lungs, pancreas, corneas etc. can be used for the purpose of transplantation. These types of organ donors are known as CADAVER DONORS. Mostly due to lack of public awareness the cadaver organ transplantation programme has not been very successful in most countries including India. By donating organs after death you can save many lives. Think about it, discuss with your family and friends, discuss in your local community meetings or any other forum and make people aware about value of organ donations after deaths. This is the greatest gift one can give to a fellow human being.