Abstract :
Organ donation is the entire practice of retrieving human organ from a living or deceased person, who is referred to as Donor, and transplanting it into a recipient. The recipient will be a patient who is suffering from organ failure and who will not survive unless the person receives an organ replacement. The process of recovering the organs is known as Retrieval. Donation of an organ or tissue is to help someone that needs a transplant, to save the person’ s life. One donor can save up to seven lives and help many more through eye and tissue donation as well.
Twentieth century has given us the one of the most wonders of medical science , which have saved the lives of many people /patients, which is known as organ donation . it is the successful recovery of life saving organs is a manifested process that includes a team work of specialist. This article aimed to review the concept of organ donation, legal aspects of organ donors, process of transferring organs by an alive persons , the current perspective of India and globally and stand attempted by government authorities to promote awareness about this concept.
Keyword :
Keywords: organ, organ donation, donor, recipient, transplant, save life.