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
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