How long is the wait for organ donation?

Once you are added to the national organ transplant waiting list, you may receive an organ fairly quickly or you may wait many years. In general, the average time frame for waiting can be 3-5 years at most centers and even longer in some geographical regions of the country.

What is the cutoff date for organ donation?

There is no age limit for becoming an organ donor. The decision about whether some or all organs or tissue are suitable for transplant is always made by medical specialists at the time of donation, taking into account your medical, travel and social history.

What is cadaveric organ donation?

In India, a Hospital Organ Donation registry usually coordinates the process of cadaver organ donation, which is organ donation after death. For instance, in case of brain dead person, the transplant coordinator meets the potential donor’s next of kin, to offer the opportunity for donation.

Which country has highest cadaver organ donation?

Spain
In 2019, Spain had the highest donor rate in the world at 46.91 per million people, followed by the US (36.88 per million), Croatia (34.63 per million), Portugal (33.8 per million), and France (33.25 per million).

Can a 11 year old donate a kidney?

In California, donors as young as 15 may give an organ with the consent of a parent or guardian 17. At least 60 living people under the age of 18 donated a kidney in the United States between 1987 and 2000 18.

What are the three types of organ donations?

Many lives are saved through directed, non-directed, and paired exchange living donation. When considering becoming a living donor, it is important to know the differences between the types of donation in order to determine what will be best for you.

Do organ donors feel pain?

Deceased donors do not feel any pain during organ recovery. Most major religious groups support organ and tissue donations.

Which country is best for organ donation?

With the highest donor rates in the world for 24 years running, Spain is considered the gold standard for organ donations. In 2015 with 39.7 donors per million, 4,769 transplants were performed in Spain.

What are the disadvantages of organ donation?

Immediate, surgery-related risks of organ donation include pain, infection, hernia, bleeding, blood clots, wound complications and, in rare cases, death. Long-term follow-up information on living-organ donors is limited, and studies are ongoing.