European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences

IMPORTANCE OF "HUMAN ORGAN DONATION," TRANSPLANTATION AND ITS ACT

*Dr. Rajesh Kumar S. Upadhyay, Dr. Ujawala M. Divekar and Dr. Fulse Sanjiv D.

ABSTRACT

Transplantation of organs in the human body represents a notable advance in medical science and has tremendous life saving potential transplantation of Human organs Act 1994. It come into force in 1995 and deals with the regulation of removal storage and transplantation of human organs for therapeutic purpose and for the prevention of commercial trade in human organs, As per the Act the organs that can be donated include the Kidneys, heart, lungs, liver, Pancreas, eyes, eardrums and ear bones. Presently data of organ Transplantation sources from Indian express more than 10000 people in the country need organ transplant and every year around one thousand people die waiting one cadaver can save at least eight lives. There has been a gradual rise in transplantation in India. So we should create awareness by media, Rally, News Papers, Schools, Hording at crowded aria in all states. Recently uterus transplantation has been done successful in India at Pune first time in 18th May and second on 19th May 2017 and Jan. 2018. All organs are very important for donation because it gives now life. So we should promote this type of activities and create awareness for organ donation.

Keywords: Organ, Human, Law, Act, Transplantation, Rules.