What is organ transplant?
When a healthy organ is taken from an individual who has died and transplanted in to the person whose own organ is not functioning properly.

Why is organ donation required?
Some times people suffer from irreversible organ failure and the only way they can recover or lead a normal life is to receive an organ transplant.

Who can be a prospective donor?
Any healthy person of any age group willing to donate his/her organs can become a prospective donor.

What medical conditions exclude a person from donating organs?
HIV and cancer (except localized cancer of the brain) normally exclude people from donating organs. Otherwise, the organs are evaluated at the time of death.

Which are the Organs/Tissues that can be transplanted?
The most frequently transplanted organs/tissues are Kidney, Liver, Heart, Eye, Skin and Pancreas.

How Can I become a donor?
You have to sign an organ donor card and carry it with you all the time. Let your family know about your decision, this will help to ensure that your wish is fulfilled.

Can any one donate his/her organ after death?
Organ donation is preferred in Brain Death cases, where Individual is still on life support in an ICU and the heart keeps beating. However, eyes can be removed even after six hours of death.

How do doctors tell the difference between brain death and coma?
Unlike brain death, coma is a state of unconsciousness. The patient in coma is medically and legally alive and may breathe without medical assistance. The brain still functions (and may heal) and there is blood flow to the brain.

Are transplant doctors involved in diagnosing brain death?
No. The diagnosis of brain death would be confirmed by four appropriately qualified doctors, who are not part of a transplant team.

Will the hospital hasten my death or not treat me as well if they I will be an organ donor?
As with any patient, doctors and nurses will fight to save your life to the best of their ability. Only after the patient is declared brain dead, organ donation will be considered.

Can organ donation really save somebody's life?
Yes! The organ, which you donate, will be used to save somebody's life.
 
Myths Facts
There will be additional expenses for organ donation. There are no expenses for organ donation.
My religion does not approve organ donation. Religions support donation on the grounds that it is a gift of life to another person. If you are in doubt you should talk to your religious head.
I have mentioned my wish to donate my organs in my will so I need not do any thing else. By the time your will is read it will be too late. Signing your organ donor card and informing your family member is the best way to get your wish fulfilled.
My body will be mutilated after organ donation Surgery for organ removal is done as precisely as any normal surgery so your body will not be disfigured
Organ transplant is still experimental Organ transplant is no more considered as experimental. Success rate is as high as 90%