A lung transplant is a surgical procedure to replace a diseased or failing lung with a healthy lung, usually from a deceased donor. What are the indications of lung transplant? A lung transplant is reserved for people who have tried other medications or treatments, but their conditions haven't sufficiently improved. Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Idiopathic pulmonary

All that you need to know about Organ Transplants  Why do people need transplants? People who need an organ transplant are usually very ill or dying because an organ is failing. They range from infants  and children through to older people. People who need a tissue transplant can also be of any age. In some

Body donation is donating or gifting the body for medical research and education purposes. The donated bodies are used by the medical students and researchers to study and understand the basic structure or anatomy of human body. According to the Anatomy Act, 1949, hospitals and teaching medical institutions are provided with unclaimed bodies and can accept whole

What is brain death? Brain death or technically referred as “brain stem death” is defined as irreversible loss of functions of brain i.e. end of all brain activity which is not reversible. Brain stem death usually results from massive irreversible brain injury, generally, after a major road traffic accident, head injury, or a bleed in the brain due

Majority of the religions support the idea of organ and tissue donation as an act of charity and goodwill. Anybody, of any religion, race, caste or creed can be affected by organ failure and will need organ and tissue donation to survive. Organ allocations are made on the basis of severity of the recipient’s illness, the time

Some legal details you should know about organ transplantation The primary legislation related to organ donation and transplantation in India was enacted in 1994 to provide a system of removal, storage and transplantation of human organs for therapeutic purposes and for the prevention of commercial dealings in human organs. Transplantation of Human Organs Act 1994