I attended the ‘Multi Organ Donation Awareness Camp’ which was about donating organs to the needy recipients. Multi Organ donation can be done only in the ‘Brain Death’ condition, which in medical terms called ‘Cadaver State’. In layman terms, the brain stops working as there is no blood supply to the brain but blood is being circulated to the other parts of the body mechanically using medical equipments. Only in such conditions organs can be donated; Brain Deaths in most of the cases happen due to road accidents.
 
‘Transplantation of Human Organ (THO) Act’ in 1994, of the Indian Legislation; states a declaration procedure, which requires the involvement of four doctors, two from the hospital and two from the government to follow multiple clinical procedures to declare a patient Brain Dead. Astoundingly organs which could be donated are Eyes, Skin, Heart, Lungs, Pancreas, Kidney, Bones, Liver etc; multiple needy patients could be benefited by one Cadaver state patient’s multi organ donation. More information on ‘Cadaver Organ Donation and Transplantation in India’. Institutions like MOHAN – (Multi Organ Harvesting Aid Network) Foundation, Chennai, are actively involved in spreading this message to the public. Every state in India has an institution which is actively involved in inculcating the organ donation epidemic and facilitating the needy. MOHAN is a NGO which covers the state of Tamil Nadu; ZCCK is a government initiative for the state of Karnataka. If you would like to check your knowledge on Multi Organ Donation; participate in this online survey. 
 
Gift a life – its good to know that a part of our loved one is still alive somewhere in someone!