Frequently Asked Questions

You have to call the treating / family physician if the death takes place at home to verify and certify the death and issue a certificate.

Yes we have

9412438100, 9897287021, 7906600421, 9411170800 as a helpline number .

Dadhichi Deh Dan Samiti through its volunteers facilitates the Body /Organ Donation formalities and the body with due respect reaches the Medical college / Transplant centre in the Ambulance.

On the basis of Certificate of Donation issued by the recipient authorities( Medical College) , the Municipal corporation issues the registration Certificate for Death.

When we lose the functioning of an organ like kidney or a tissue like bone and skin it is possible put another person’s organ or tissue and with modern surgical techniques and drugs; it can be made to work. This is gifting an organ after one ceases to need it any more. This known as transplantation and it is the

It means that a person pledges during his lifetime that after death, organs from his/her body can be used for transplantation to help terminally ill patients and giving them a new lease of life.

The major donor organs and tissues are heart, lungs, liver, pancreas, kidneys, eyes, heart valves, skin, bones, bone marrow, connective tissues, middle ear, blood vessels. Therefore one donor can possibly give gift of life to many terminally ill patients who would not survive otherwise.

It is the irreversible and permanent cessation of all brain functions Such persons are kept on artificial support (ventilation) to maintain oxygenation of organs so that the organs are in healthy condition until they are removed. Most cases of brain death are the end result of head injuries, brain tumours patients from Intensive care units. Organs of such patients can be transplanted in organ failure patients to provide them a new lease of life.

It is done by independent advice of a team of doctors whose qualification and experience is accepted by the hospital for such purposes. Doctors carry out a set of tests to confirm brain death.

Healthy organs should be transplanted as soon as possible after brain death from the donor to the recipient.

Anyone, regardless of age, race or gender can become an organ and tissue donor. If he/she is under the age of 18 years, then the consent of parent or legal guardian is essential. Medical suitability for donation is determined at the time of death.

In case of no consent or donor pledge form was filled before death, then the authority to give consent for organ donation lies with the person lawfully in possession of the dead body.

Here are some terminal diseases which can be cured by the transplantation:-

Heartheart failure
Lungsterminal lung illnesses
Kidneyskidney failure
Liverliver failure
Pancreasdiabetes
Eyesblindness
Heart valvevalvular disease
Skinsevere burns

In fact, organ donation can, in part, fulfil the man’s desire to be immortal since the eyes or the heart, kidney, liver etc. can continue to “live” and function long after the person is dead.