Understanding ORGAN DONATION

THROUGH FACTS & FIGURES

Organ Donation#GiftLife

A Note❏ Organ transplant is one of the most significant developments in

medical science till date. ❏ A life-saving treatment modality, millions of people around the

world have successfully undergone organ transplant, the most common being kidney transplant.

❏ There are a million others enlisted for transplant and waiting for donors.

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1,50,000+Patients are on the waiting list

for a new organ!

Unfortunately, the list is getting longer each day!!!!

1 in 50Only 1 in 50 patients are likely to get a new organ and

a second chance to live!!!

‘’Who can Donate?

A living person or

A brain-dead person(deceased donor) who has expressed his/her consent to donate organ can donate organs...

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Fact!A deceased donor can save up to 8 lives

Transplant Milestones

First successful Kidney transplant - Boston, USA

First successful Liver transplant - Denver, USA

First successful Lung transplant - Jackson, USA

❏ 1954

❏ 1963

❏ 1963

First successful Pancreas transplant - USA❏ 1966

Transplant Milestones

First living donor Lung transplant -Palo Alto,USA

First successful small Intestine transplant - USA

First full Face transplant - Barcelona, Spain

❏ 1967

❏ 1991

❏ 2010

First double Leg transplant - Valencia, Spain❏ 2011

Bring smile to someone’s life...Become an organ donor....Live beyond your life...Live through them#GiftLife

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