Can anyone donate organs? Which organs cannot be donated?

Organ Donation : Organ donation is considered donation of life. A dead person can give new life to 9 people. According to the data of Organ Donation India, every year 5 lakh people in the country need organ transplant, while only 52 thousand organs are available.

Anyone can donate organs, as long as they are above 18 years of age. People younger than this age require a parent or guardian to donate organs. Organ donation takes place after brain death, heart failure or death. Only certain organs can be donated. Let us know which organs cannot be donated.

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Which organs can be donated

Heart, lungs, liver, kidney, intestine, pancreas of a deceased person can be donated. The cornea, bones, skin, nerves, muscles, ligaments, cartilage, heart valves and tendons of the eye can also be useful to someone after death. A living person can donate a whole kidney and a part of the liver.

Who cannot donate organs?

1. Organs cannot be donated in serious diseases like heart disease or cancer.

2. If someone’s organs are not functioning properly in old age, then he cannot donate organs.

3. You cannot donate organs even if you have infectious diseases like HIV or hepatitis.

4. A mentally ill person cannot donate organs.

Which organs cannot be donated

spinal cord

cancerous organs

infected body parts

How long after death can organs be transplanted

After the brain dies, there is a lack of oxygen in the body. Without it no organ can function. Therefore, organs are donated as soon as possible after death. After taking it out of the body, necessary oxygen supply has to be given. So that he can remain in the same situation as before.

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