FAQs and Facts about Organ Donation

Anyone from a child to an old person. Even if you have had a serious illness in the past, you can still become a donor under the right circumstances.

No. The "Transplantation of Human Organs Act" prohibits any commercial dealings in organs and makes this a punishable offence..

Coma is a state of unconsciousness that occurs because the brain is injured in some way. The brain still functions and this can be seen in the tests that are performed. The person will be able to breathe on his own without the help of a respirator. The brain, in fact, may heal.

Brain death is death that results from total, irreversible loss of all brain functions, due to a severe head injury, illness or disease. A person's heart will still beat for a period of time after they become "brain dead". It is this relatively rare kind of death that makes organ donation possible. However, even when a machine (a ventilator) is breathing for the person, the time between brain death and the heart's stopping generally does not exceed 24 to 48 hours, so it is important for decisions to be made about organ donation before the heart stops beating.

Recipients are chosen on the grounds of need, longest waiting time and by blood group and if necessary, by tissue characteristics. There is a waiting list for organ transplants because demand exceeds supply.

Kidney Transplant - Rs. 3-5 Lakhs approx
Heart Transplant - Rs. 10-11 Lakhs approx
Liver Transplant - Rs. 18-22 Lakhs approx
Pancreas Transplant - Rs. 4-5 Lakhs approx

We cannot help you get a liver, kidney or any other organ, but we do offer advice on the procedure. MOHAN Foundation is basically for awareness on Organ Donation and facilitating organ donation from brain dead patients. We have no say on who will get the organs, it is decided by the state allocation committee.

First of all, you need to register your father’s name in the waiting list of a hospital which deals with transplantation waiting list. Then as and when an organ is available, based on priority, matching blood group and other medical criteria, you will be contacted by the hospital.

Same as above

You must contact a leading hospital nearby which does transplants, and talk to the Nephrologist.

You can approach the Anatomy department of any Government Hospital and fill up a form, along with consent of your family members OR come to MOHAN Foundation and we will give you a copy of the form. Once you fill up the form, please submit it to the hospital authorities. Most importantly, you family members should be aware of your decision to donate your body after your demise, and be willing to do so.

This is not true. The doctors who have the authority to declare a patient as brain dead, are different from the doctors who perform the transplantation; there is no vested interest. In fact as a patient, you are their top most priority. Rich or poor, the same criteria and same rules for everybody.