World Organ Donation Day is celebrated every year on 13 August. Its purpose is to tell people the importance of organ donation. Your decision to give organs to someone can give new life to another. World Organ Donation Day is celebrated every year on 13 August to solve the myths related to organ donation and spread awareness about organ donation. This day is meant to encourage people to donate their healthy organs to save someone else's life after death. Donating organs like kidneys, heart, eyes, lungs can help in saving lives for people suffering from chronic diseases.
Many people lose their lives in the absence of healthy organs which can be saved. The purpose of this day is to make people feel voluntarily donating their organs can change the lives of many people. The organ of a person declared brain dead can be donated. India has its own organ donation day which is celebrated every year on 27 November. On this occasion, the government calls upon citizens to voluntarily donate their organs and save lives.
Modern medicine has made it possible to transplant organs from person to person. The first successful organ transplant was performed in the US in 1954. Doctor Joseph Murray received the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine in 1990 for successfully performing a kidney transplant between twin brothers Ronald and Richard Herrick.
To donate your organs is to give new life to someone. Anyone can become an organ donor voluntarily, irrespective of age, religion, and caste. But it is important that the organ donor should not suffer from chronic diseases such as cancer, HIV or heart, and lung disease. A healthy donor is of great importance and you can register to become a donor when you are 18 years old.
1. Live Organ Donation: Live donations are made with donors who are alive and can donate organs such as a kidney or a part of a liver. Humans can live with only one kidney and the liver is the only organ in the body that is known to regenerate itself.
2. Organ donation of the deceased: The second form of organ donation is called corpse donation. In this process, after the death of the donor, his healthy organs are transplanted into a living person.
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