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What is organ donation? Explain its significance.

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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. 

Significance of Organ Donation: 

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


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