M
EDICAL SCIENCE HAS ADVANCED
BY
leaps and bounds. However, in many
cases, medicines and surgeries are not
enough. Sometimes, the only solution
is organ transplant. Today, many people encourage
organ donation. At the same time, there is a vast
global network that thrives on an illegal organ trade.
In such a situation, all stakeholders have to work
together to make the process beneficial and humane.
Organ donation means donating one’s body tissues
or organ – either during lifetime or after death, to
a person who needs transplantation. Organs are
removed and transplanted with the help of surgery,
and is followed up by (often prolonged) post-
treatment care, both for the recipient and the donor.
Eyes, kidneys, cornea, heart and blood are a human
body parts that have great demand.
The most preferred form of donation is of course,
cadaver donation. A person may will away his body
to a hospital or organ donation initiatives. Thousands
of people have benefitted from cadaver donations.
on and trade
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