Organ Donation: You can donate this organ even at the age of 100, know why it is so

Organ Donation In India: The advantage of donating any organ is only when that organ is absolutely fit. New life can be given to another person only from a healthy organ.

Organ Donation: People have many questions regarding organ donation . But there is a lot of lack of information regarding organ donation. There is no special awareness about this subject even at the level of hospitals. This question often arises in people's mind that till what age they can donate which organs . We will give you the answer to this question in this article. Let us know about this in detail from the experts.

Experts tell that the benefit of donating any organ is only when that organ is absolutely fit. New life can be given to another person only from a healthy organ. It depends on the condition of the person's organ. If the organ of a 30-year-old person is not working well, then it cannot be used for transplant, but if the organ of a 65-year-old person is healthy, then he can also donate.

Heart and lungs can be donated till this age

Dr. Deepak Kumar in the Cardiology Department at Safdarjung Hospital explains that the heart is the most important part of the body. Its transplant process is also very complicated. That's why if the heart of a deceased person is implanted in another person's body, many types of tests are done before that. It is seen whether the organ is suitable for donation or not. Same story with Lungs as well. Both these organs are taken from a person who is below 60 years of age. That is, it is better if the age of a person with brain dead or cardiac death is less than 60 years. This makes his heart or liver better for transplant. However, now the government has changed the policy regarding this. Now people above 65 years of age can also donate organs. This is a very good step to promote organ donation.

Eyes can be donated till this age

Many reports suggest that eye donation is more in our country than other organ donation. There is no age limit for eye donation. Corneals (outer part of the eyes) can also be transplanted from the dead body of 80, 90 or 100 years old) Two people can get light from one cornea. However, people who have AIDS, rabies, cancer or hepatitis, their eyes cannot be donated. In eye donation, the whole eye is never removed, only the cornea is removed. Due to this there is no distortion of any kind in the eyes.

The number of organ donors is increasing

The number of organ donors in the country is continuously increasing. Organ donation is set to increase manifold by 2022 as compared to 2013, though it is still far less than the number of patients in need. Every year 1.8 lakh people become victims of kidney failure, but the number of kidney donors is only 7 thousand. Similarly, about 20 thousand liver transplants are needed every year, but only 1500 are done. However, now many rules regarding organ donation have changed. In such a situation, it is expected that organ donation will increase significantly in the coming years.