11ac01 - video presentation - organ donation

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ORGAN DONATIONINDIVIDUAL SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

ABIMANYU NN


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INTRODUCTIONORGAN DONATION

In India, 3 million patients with end-stage renal disease,

require renal replacement therapy

25,000 patients are lucky enough to get access to

haemodialysis 2,500 of them are even luckier to have a renal transplant

Asia-wide study - India lags far behind other countries in

this regard


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INTRODUCTIONORGAN DONATION

Asia lags behind most of the world in organ donation

The organ donation rate from dead bodies in India is

estimated to be a minuscule 0.05 per million people

1994 - Government of India passed Transplantation ofHuman Organs Act

Concept of brain death

Organ procurement from heart beating, brain deaddonors


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WHAT IS ORGAN DONATION?

Healthy organs and tissues from one person for

transplantation into another

Experts - Organs from one donor can save or help as

many as 50 people Internal organs: Kidneys, heart, liver, pancreas, intestines

and lungs

Skin Bone and bone marrow

Cornea


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WHO CAN DONATE?

No age limit for organ donation

Successfully procurement from donors - Few days to

adults in their 90s

Patient's medical history is more important

New-borns and senior citizens - Organ donors

Under age 18 - Parent's or guardian's consent

18 years or older - Donor card


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WHEN CAN THEY DONATE?

Most deceased organ donors are brain dead

Complete and irreversible loss of all brain function are

clinically and legally dead

Mechanical ventilation and medications keeps their heartbeating and blood flowing to their organs


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ORGAN DONATION IN INDIA

Donation after cardiac death has increased the donation

of life-saving organs by 25 percent in a few areas of the

country

The leading hospitals for transplantation in TN Apollo

Sri Ramachandra

CMC Vellore

Kovai Medical Centre Tamil Nadu - Leader in cadaver organ transplantation in

India


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ORGAN DONATION IN TAMIL NADU

Cadaveric Organ Donation Figures, Tamil Nadu (Oct 2008 toSep 2011)

ORGANS TOTAL

HEART 32

LUNGS 4

LIVER 184

KIDNEYS 387

HEART VALVES 266CORNEAS 321

SKIN 1

TOTAL 1195


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DONOR CARD


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MY RESPONSIBILITY

Accepting responsibility to donate organs

In the future, my organs can save people

Unforgettable gift to those in need

Wish to see the world again? Hope to make your heart

beat again? Want to breathe in fresh air again?Donate

your organs!


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REFERENCES

http://www.medindia.net/news/healthinfocus/Is-Tamil-

Nadu-the-Spain-of-India-in-Deceased-Donation-

Programme-90040-1.htm

http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=14969

http://www.donateyourorgan.com

http://www.mohanfoundation.org/cadaveric-organ-donation-figures.asp?city=Tamil%20Nadu


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THANK YOU

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